less common spelling of douser
: one that douses
specifically
: a fireproof shutter that controls or intercepts the light reaching the film aperture of a motion-picture mechanism (as a projector) or of a stereopticon
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Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
For centuries, dowsers have claimed the ability to find groundwater, precious metals, and other quarry using divining rods and a seemingly mystical intuition.
—Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 10 June 2022
In an effort to irrigate his crops, Jacob hires a dowser to locate a viable well.
—Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 25 Apr. 2021
The divining rod pulled the dowser up the driveway, past the cabin, adroitly between trees and over the full length of our dock to its end, where he — sploosh! — fell into four feet of lake water.
—Dick Teresi, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2017
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Noun
Peter Britton, a longtime water dowser, demonstrated his dowsing rod while spending time at Three Sisters Garden in Ipswich.
—Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
For centuries, dowsers have claimed the ability to find groundwater, precious metals, and other quarry using divining rods and a seemingly mystical intuition.
—Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 10 June 2022
In an effort to irrigate his crops, Jacob hires a dowser to locate a viable well.
—Zoe Guy, Marie Claire, 25 Apr. 2021
The divining rod pulled the dowser up the driveway, past the cabin, adroitly between trees and over the full length of our dock to its end, where he — sploosh! — fell into four feet of lake water.
—Dick Teresi, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2017
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“Dowser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dowser. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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