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dowsing rod

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dowsing rod [ˈdaʊzɪŋ]
n
(Mining & Quarrying) another name for divining rod
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Noun1.dowsing roddowsing rod - forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil
divining rod, water finder, waterfinder, dowser
stick - an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick"
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dowsing rod
n → Wünschelrute f


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Montz distributes equipment - thermometers, compasses, a video camera, a magnetometer (to detect changes in electrical fields that indicate a ghost is hanging around) and dowsing rods (Y-shaped devices that have been used in the occult since the Middle Ages).
CREEPING INTO DOWNTOWN'S GHOSTLY LAIR by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In the May Physics World, the monthly magazine of the United Kingdom Institute of Physics, he reports that he can get dowsing rods to rotate whenever they pass over or under a linear stretch of pipe, cable, or telephone line.
Dowsing expectations: new reports reawaken scientific controversy ... by Raloff, Janet / Science News
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