"divining rod" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: divining rods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} divining rod (plural divining rods)
  1. Rod used for dowsing, a technique of divination used to locate subterranean sources of water, metal, other mineral resources or even various other things through magic, or according to many believers a natural phenomenon. Synonyms: dowsing rod, dowser, virgula [obsolete], doodlebug Related terms: diviner, rhabdomantist (english: one adept at using a divining rod) Translations (rod used for dowsing): virgule [feminine] (Czech), ønskekvist [common-gender] (Danish), wichelroede [feminine] (Dutch), wichelstok [masculine] (Dutch), rabdo (Esperanto), spákvistur [masculine] (Faroese), taikavarpu (Finnish), baguette de coudrier [feminine] (French), baguette de sourcier [feminine] (French), baguette divinatoire [feminine] (French), Wünschelrute [feminine] (German), ράβδος υδροσκόπου (rávdos ydroskópou) [feminine] (Greek), varázsvessző (Hungarian), virgula divina [feminine] (Latin), virgula divinatoria [feminine] (Latin), devinet [masculine] (Occitan), bròca de devinaire [feminine] (Occitan), slagruta [common-gender] (Swedish), vaälatuigül (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-divining_rod-en-noun-5uqoEMOo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Greek terms with redundant script codes

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