Definition of dowses Dowses

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Noun Plural: dowses
dowse - searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
		dowsing, rhabdomancy
		fortune telling, soothsaying, foretelling, divination the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Verb dowses, dowsing, dowsed
dowse - use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
		divine search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water"
dowse - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
		drench, douse, soak, sop, souse
		wet make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"
		brine soak in brine
		bedraggle, draggle make wet and dirty, as from rain
		bate soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
		ret place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
		sluice, flush irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
dowse - slacken; "douse a rope"
		douse
		slacken, remit make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
dowse - wet thoroughly
		douse
		wet make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed"

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dowse (Noun)
A blow on the face.
dowse (Verb)
To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
dowse (Verb)
To beat or thrash.
dowse (Verb)
To use the dipping or divining rod , as in search of water, ore, etc.

dowse (v. t.)
To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
dowse (v. t.)
To beat or thrash.
dowse (v. i.)
To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
dowse (n.)
A blow on the face.