| 单词 | spring-teller |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspring-teller ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > detection of radiation > detecting subterraneous springs, etc. > rhabdomancy > one who practises water-finder1656 hydrophantic1729 spring-teller1785 water witch1808 rhabdomancer1817 water diviner1825 rhabdomantist1832 dowser1835 jowser1840 witch1843 water witcher1868 water dowser1873 hydroscopist1885 1785 tr. H. Decremps Conjurer Unmasked xxiv. 58 If any one perceives your motion when you perform the trick..answer them as the spring tellers do [Fr. comme les sourciers], that the metallick emanation, or the vapours of the subterranean waters, occasion the stick to turn. 1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 56 The method used by the ‘spring-tellers’ or ‘water-finders’ was simple enough. < as lemmas |
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