| 单词 | water dowsing |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater dowsing water dowsing n. the action of searching for underground sources of water using a divining rod or similar technique; = dowsing n. at dowse v. Derivatives; cf. water divining n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > detection of radiation > detecting subterraneous springs, etc. > rhabdomancy rhabdomancy1646 water-finding1689 jowsing1797 rhabdology1837 water dowsing1894 1894 Birmingham Daily Post 7 Mar. 5/7 Mr. Beach asked the town clerk to..give opinion as to its [sc. the Act's] application to wizardry in general and water-dowsing in particular. 1930 T. S. Eliot tr. ‘St.-J. Perse’ Anabasis 63 Consecration of stones perfectly round, water-dowsing in dead places. 2014 Leigh Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 May The talk will..include a demonstration of water dowsing using divining rods. < as lemmas |
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