divining rod

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === divining rod (plural divining rods) 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, (obsolete) virgula, doodlebug ==== Translations ==== === See also === diviner rhabdomantist (“one adept at using a divining rod”) === Further reading === dowsing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Divining-rod in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) “divining rod” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.