ˈwater-ˌfinder
[Cf. G. wasserfinder.]
One who finds subterranean springs or supplies of water by means of a divining-rod; a dowser.
| 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 708/2 He has added the..profession of water-finder. 1902 Nature 30 Jan. 304/2 The employment of a dowser or ‘water-finder’ is suggested. |
So ˈwater-ˌfinding vbl. n. Also attrib.
| 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 708/2, I spent many hours sauntering about with the water-finding fork in my hands. 1899 A. Lang in Daily News 10 July 8/2 Hegel believed in the water-finding faculty. 1906 Times 27 Sept. 13/2 A number of letters on water-finding were published in The Times during the winter of 1904–5. |