1. Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
   "Despite scientific scepticism, some still rely on dowsing to locate water sources";
   - rhabdomancy

1. Use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal
   "The farmer dowsed for water before digging a new well"
    
2. Wet thoroughly
   "He dowsed the flames with a bucket of water";
   - douse
    
3. Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
   "She dowsed the plants with water";
   - drench, douse, soak, sop, souse
    
4. Slacken
   "dowse a rope";
   - douse

Type of: divination, divine, foretelling, fortune telling, remit, slacken, soothsaying, wet

Encyclopedia: Dowsing, William