Divination by means of a rod or wand; spec. a technique for searching for underground water, minerals, etc.; dowsing. Also figurative.

The technique of finding an underground source of water, esp. by means of a divining rod. In later use chiefly attributive.

Divination by means of a rod, dowsing; = rhabdomancy, n. Obsolete.

the action of searching for underground sources of water using a divining rod or similar technique; = dowsing n. at dowse, v. derivatives; cf. wate…