divining rod

English

Noun

divining rod (plural divining rods)

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, dowser, (obsolete) virgula, doodlebug

Translations

rod used for dowsing

Czech: virgule (cs) f
Danish: ønskekvist c
Dutch: wichelroede (nl) f, wichelstok m
Esperanto: rabdo
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)
Hungarian: varázsvessző (hu)
Latin: virgula divina f, virgula divinatoria f
Occitan: devinet m, bròca de devinaire f
Swedish: slagruta (sv) c
Volapük: vaälatuigül

See also

diviner
rhabdomantist (“one adept at using a divining rod”)

Further reading

dowsing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Divining-rod in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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