different between dowset vs dowser

English

Noun

dowset (plural dowsets)

1. Obsolete form of doucet.

Anagrams

• owedst, stowed, towsed

Middle English

Adjective

dowset

1. Alternative form of doucet

Noun

dowset

1. Alternative form of doucet

English

Etymology

dowse +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæ?z?/
• Rhymes: -a?z?(r)

Noun

dowser (plural dowsers)

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

   Synonyms: divining rod, dowsing rod

   Coordinate term: doodlebug

2. One who uses the dowser or divining rod. A diviner.

   Synonyms: rhabdomantist, rhabdomancer, radiesthesist

   • 1996, Richard Webster, Dowsing for Beginners: The Art of Discovering Water, Treasure, Gold, Oil, Artifacts, Llewellyn Worldwide (?ISBN)

     Interestingly enough, John Mullins, the celebrated English dowser, was able to do this experiment using a forked twig, rather than a pendulum. He claimed to be able to locate nothing but water with his dowsing rod.

   • 2002, Michael Shermer, The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience, ABC-CLIO (?ISBN), page 93:

     The instrument a dowser uses is called a dowsing rod, dowsing stick, doodlebug (when used to locate oil), or divining rod. Almost any item can be used for this purpose: a birch twig, a whalebone, and even a hanger.

Translations

See also

• rhabdomancy

Further reading

• dowsing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dowser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Dowers, Sowder, dowers, drowse, sworde, wordes, worsed