dowse vs douse

Definitions

verb

1. wet thoroughly
2. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
3. use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
4. slacken

noun

1. searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

Examples

Traditional rural dowsers used wooden sticks to locate underground water.

The dowser was looking as dazed and embarrassed as I felt, thank God.

They would not be fooled by my claim that I knew the tunnels because I was a dowser.

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Definitions

verb

1. wet thoroughly
2. dip into a liquid
3. lower quickly
4. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
5. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

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Examples

Their bodies were then doused with petrol and burned in a garden.

All doctors have been doused in a variety of bodily fluids.

She ran to alert neighbours who battled in vain to douse the blaze until firefighters arrived.

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