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dowst

dowst is the obsolete form of dowse.

Meaning of dowse

Verb

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

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

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Forms of dowst

pluraldowsts

Questions about dowst

What is dowst the obsolete form of?
Dowst is the obsolete form of dowse.

Words near dowst in the dictionary

  1. dowsing rods
  2. dowsings
  3. dowsome
  4. Dowson
  5. Dowsonian
  6. dowst
  7. dowsts
  8. Dowthwaite
  9. Dowthwaites
  10. Dowty
  11. Dowtys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dowst (page history and authors); dowse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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