water witch

3 definitions found

water witch - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water witch \Wa"ter witch`\ (Zool.)
     (a) The dabchick.
     (b) The stormy petrel. [Prov. Eng.]
         [1913 Webster]

water witch - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  water witch
      n 1: someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water
           [syn: water witch, dowser, rhabdomancer]

water witch - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "water witch":
     Comus, Faust, conjurer, diabolist, diviner, divining rod,
     doodlebug, dowser, dowsing, dowsing rod, miracle-worker,
     necromancer, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, theurgist, wand,
     warlock, water witching, witching, witching stick, wizard