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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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'DOWSER and DOWSING (from the Cornish "dowse," M.E. ' duschcn, to strike or fall), one who uses, or the.art of using, the dowsing-rod (called "deusing-rod" by John Locke in 1691), or "striking-rod" or divining-rod, for discovering subterranean minerals or water. (See DIVINING-ROD.)

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dowser'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​d/dowser.html. 1910.
 
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