Lexicographical Neighbors of Douser
Literary usage of Douser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"Let ours be a douser. With great regard and esteem, I have the honor to be, sir,
etc. PS—Your Hue boys are well and just by me. Luzerne to the President of ..."
2. Diversions of a Naturalist by Edwin Ray Lankester (1915)
"Let us assume for a moment that the facts are as I have stated, and that the
honest " douser " merely finds his forked twig dousing or ducking because his ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"douser [more decorous]. ... douser, Kind Sir, I've read\ Dove. Thou stock dove
whose echo resounds thro' the glen, S. A/ton Water. ..."
4. Oil and Gas Rights on the Public Domain and on Private Lands: Discovery and by Robert Stewart Morrison, Emilio Dominguez De Soto (1920)
"Also in use for a "person who with a divining-rod or other instrument claims
ability to locate an oil pool. Dousing Rod. A divining-rod used by a douser. ..."
5. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1848)
"I went, accompanied by Mr. H., first to M'heal Jane, the underground captain of
which is what they call a douser. He ordered one of the men to cut ..."
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