| 单词 | dowsing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈdowsing ˈdowsing n. the action or practice of dowsing; frequently in dowsing-rod the rod or twig used by dowsers. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] > divining rod divining-wand1656 dowsing-rod1692 divining-stick1712 divining-rod1751 mineral rod1797 doodlebug1924 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching for subterraneous water or minerals > instrument used in divining-wand1656 dowsing-rod1692 divining-stick1712 divining-rod1751 witching stick1864 twig1883 witching rod1919 doodlebug1924 witching wand2011 the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > detection of radiation > detecting subterraneous springs, etc. > rhabdomancy > divining-rod rod1617 Moses' rod1646 divining-wand1656 virgula divina or divinatoria1656 Mosaical roda1681 dowsing-rod1692 divining-stick1712 waggers1747 divining-rod1751 mineral rod1797 fork1886 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 127 Not of the nature of the Deusing-rod, or Virgula Divina, able to discover Mines of Gold and Silver. 1835 E. Pearse Let. in A. E. Bray Descr. Part Devonshire (1836) III. xxxix. 260 The superstition relative to the dowsing or divining rod, and the dowsers themselves, is too well known to be noticed here. 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 1st Ser. Introd. 20 The divining or dowzing rod is certainly not older than the German miners, who were brought over by Queen Elizabeth to teach the Cornish to work their mines. 1869 Eng. Mech. 31 Dec. 380 1 The ‘dowsing’ or ‘divining’ rod is a forked stick of some fruit-bearing wood, generally hazel, held by the extremity of each prong of the fork in a peculiar way. < as lemmas |
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