dowsing

See also: Dowsing

English

dowsing (countable and uncountable, plural dowsings)

The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.
Synonyms: divining, water divining, water witching

Hyponym: doodlebugging

water-seeking practice

Chinese:
Mandarin: 探尋水源／探寻水源 (tànxún shuǐyuán), 尋水術／寻水术 (xúnshuǐshù)
Czech: proutkaření n
Danish: kvistgang c
Finnish: kaivonkatsominen
French: rhabdomancie (fr) f
Galician: rabdomancia f
German: Wünschelrutengehen n
Greek: υδροσκοπία (el) f (ydroskopía)
Hungarian: vesszővel/varázsvesszővel vizet/ásványt keres/kutat
Italian: rabdomanzia (it) f
Japanese: ダウジング (daujingu)
Russian: лозоиска́тельство (ru) n (lozoiskátelʹstvo), лозохо́дство (ru) n (lozoxódstvo), биолока́ция (ru) f (biolokácija)

dowsing

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