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DOWSER

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 461 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DOWSER and DOWSING (from the Cornish " dowse," M.E. duschen, to strike or fall), one who uses, or the See also:

art of using, the dowsing-See also:rod (called " deusing-rod " by See also:John See also:Locke in 1691), or " striking-rod " or See also:divining-rod, for discovering subterranean minerals or See also:water.

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