dowse
verb
[ daʊz ]
• practise dowsing.
• "water is easy to dowse for"
Origin:
late 17th century: of unknown origin.
dowse
verb
• variant spelling of douse.
douse
verb
• pour a liquid over; drench.
• "he doused the car with petrol and set it on fire"
Similar:
drench,
soak,
souse,
saturate,
drown,
flood,
inundate,
deluge,
wet,
splash,
slosh,
hose down,
• extinguish (a fire or light).
• "stewards appeared and the fire was doused"
Similar:
extinguish,
put out,
quench,
stamp out,
smother,
beat out,
dampen down,
blow out,
snuff out,
dout,
• lower (a sail) quickly.
Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps imitative; compare souse.
