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 Translation for 'dowsing rod' from English to Finnish
NOUN   a dowsing rod | dowsing rods
SYNO divining rod | dowser | dowsing rod | ...
esot.
taikavarpu {noun}
dowsing rod
iktyo.
onki {noun}
fishing rod
iktyo.
onkivapa {noun}
fishing rod
tekno.
teleskooppivarsi {noun}
telescopic rod
esot.
taikavarpu {noun}
divining rod
suihkuverhotanko {noun}shower curtain rod
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Usage Examples English
  • The report mentions by name the Quadro Tracker, an apparent dowsing rod with a freely pivoting radio antenna rod with no functioning internal components.
  • Concord can wield a sword, a hammer, and a dowsing rod.
  • Some commentators noted the device's strong resemblance and similarity to the ADE 651, a British device that was marketed as an effective explosive detection tool, but was actually a dowsing rod with no scanning capabilities whatsoever.
  • Bedford Franklin wrote the book "The Physics of the Dowsing Rod" (1939).
  • It was alleged by Kenneth Roberts who wrote the book "Henry Gross and His Dowsing Rod" (1951) that Gross located water all over Maine and in surrounding states.

  • Wünschelrute (dowsing rod) is one of the most famous poems by Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, major poet of the German "Hochromantik" ("High Romantics").
  • However, it was a scam, and the device was little more than a dowsing rod.
  • He wrote on the dowsing rod, colour and mineral composition, and the formation of geological features.
  • In 2008, the award was given to Estonian Rescue Board for its procurement, continued usage and vocal defence of Sniffex, an extremely expensive dowsing rod.
  • Sid Rawle and Big Steve the polytantric stage manager wandered across the fields past the mounds clutching a dowsing rod; it twitched downwards in a circle of daisies, the spot that was to become the site for the stage for the pyramid stage at the Stonehenge free festival.

  • Dutch has a few fairly common words that are related to English "witch", such as [...] ('dowsing rod') and [...] (astrologer).
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