different between dowse vs downe

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?s/

Verb

dowse (third-person singular simple present dowses, present participle dowsing, simple past and past participle dowsed)

1. Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?s/

Verb

dowse (third-person singular simple present dowses, present participle dowsing, simple past and past participle dowsed)

1. Alternative form of douse (“to strike”)

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Noun

dowse (plural dowses)

1. Alternative form of douse (“stroke”)

Etymology 3

Unknown; originally a dialectal term from southern England.

Pronunciation

• enPR: daus, dauz, IPA^(key): /da?s/, /da?z/
• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

dowse (third-person singular simple present dowses, present participle dowsing, simple past and past participle dowsed)

1. (intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.

Derived terms

• dowsing rod

Anagrams

• Swedo-, sowed

Middle English

Noun

dowse

1. Alternative form of douce

English

Adverb

downe

1. Obsolete spelling of down

Preposition

downe

1. Obsolete spelling of down

Anagrams

• Woden, endow, nowed, owned, woned

German

Adjective

downe

1. inflection of down:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular