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Dowse   /daʊs/   Listen
Dowse

verb
1.
Wet thoroughly.  Synonym: douse.
2.
Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal.
3.
Slacken.  Synonym: douse.
4.
Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.  Synonyms: douse, drench, soak, sop, souse.



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"Dowse" Quotes from Famous Books



... she went on, as she ground the coffee. "It's gone a quarter to twelve already, and I like fresh air. I don't miss a minute of it.—So up you get! Here, dowse your head in ...
— Maurice Guest • Henry Handel Richardson


Words linked to "Dowse" :   dowser, drench, slacken, foretelling, remit, ret, sluice, fortune telling, bedraggle, wet, bate, flush, divination, soothsaying, brine, divine, draggle, dowsing


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