dowse

• Rhymes: -aʊz

dowse (plural dowses)

1. A blow on the face.

dowse (third-person singular simple present dowses, present participle dowsing, simple past and past participle dowsed)

1. (transitive) To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.
2. (transitive) To beat or thrash.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

3. (intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.

• Swedo-, sowed

dowse

1. Alternative form of douce