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dowse (v.)
[dowse 词源字典]
1690s, a south England dialect word, of uncertain origin, said to have been introduced to Devon by German miners in Elizabethan times. Related:
Dowsed
;
dowsing
.
[dowse etymology, dowse origin, 英语词源]