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divining rods

divining rods is the plural of divining rod.

Meaning of divining rod

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.
    • Dan produced his divining rod - a piece of forked willow tree - and taking a firm grip of it with both hands, went off ‘merry-widowing’ round Skinnerlouse’s yard.1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 8

Questions about divining rods

What is divining rods the plural of?
Divining rods is the plural of divining rod.

Words near divining rods in the dictionary

  1. divinifying
  2. diviniid
  3. diviniids
  4. divining
  5. divining rod
  6. divining rods
  7. diviningly
  8. divinings
  9. divinisation
  10. divinisations
  11. divinise

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