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dowse dowsing rhabdomancy dowser radiesthesia

Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod WordNet 3.0

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Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Rhabdomancy is a divination technique which involves the use of any rod, wand, staff, stick, arrow, or the like. Wikipedia

Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, claimed radiations, gravesites, malign "earth vibrations" and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus. Wikipedia

Radiesthesia describes a physical ability to detect radiation emitted by a person, animal, object or geographical feature. Wikipedia

A method that attempts to locate ground water or other buried materials Wikipedia Disambiguation

Method of divination; pseudoscientific or occult supposed ability to detect radiation emitted by a person, animal, object or geographical feature Wikidata

Device used in dowsing Wikidata

Refers to practices which some people claim enables them to detect hidden water, metals, gemstones or other objects, usually obstructed by land or sometimes located on a map (source Wikipedia). OmegaWiki

A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc.; a dowsing rod. Wiktionary

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. Wiktionary

Water-seeking practice. Wiktionary (translation)

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