dowse

IPA: dˈaʊs

(intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”) [(transitive, intransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.]
Alternative form of douse (“to strike”) [(transitive, intransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.]

Examples of "dowse" in Sentences

Have you got a brand-new way to dowse for the dead?
Getty Images A fireman continues to dowse the burnt remains of a house in Ein Hod, Israel.
I like to use a pendulum, to dowse for the specific job opportunities I might follow through with.
I would fill a bucket of water and dowse the speakers and stereo with water and that would solve that
To find dead bodies, I simply have to dowse for them with a forked piece of wood or wire, like dowsers do for water.
For the first time, I felt that Ric had been able to do with me what he was born to do … dowse the depths of my heart, body, and soul.
The killing of innocents is murder, and the support of such killing, no matter how you spin it, fluff it up, paint it pretty, and dowse it in perfume is wrong.
Our awe of the heavens led us to confuse cause and effect, our awe of 'wise men' who could predict eclipses (probably back over 6000 yr/ago), and our awe of men who could dowse water ( origin of the the word sorcerer?) i.e.
As well as the usual procession of side quests and oddities dotted around Sky Loft, its floating island world above the clouds and the three themed lands beneath, you'll frequently need to dowse, pointing the Wii-remote at the screen to divine the location of lost people and items.