divining rod

divining rod

English

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
• virgula (obsolete)

Translations

rod used for dowsing

Czech: virgule (cs) f Danish: ønskekvist c Dutch: wichelroede (nl) f, wichelstok m Faroese: spákvistur m Finnish: taikavarpu (fi) French: baguette de coudrier (fr) f, baguette de sourcier (fr) f, baguette divinatoire f

German: Wünschelrute (de) f Greek: ράβδος υδροσκόπου f (rávdos ydroskópou) Occitan: devinet m, bròca de devinaire f Swedish: slagruta (sv) c Volapük: vaälatuigül

See also

• diviner
• rhabdomantist, one adept at using a divining rod

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967