单词 | rhabdomancer |
释义 | rhabdomancer|ˈræbdəʊmænsə(r)| [f. next: see -er1.] One who professes or practises rhabdomancy; a dowser.
1817Edin. Rev. XXVIII. 184 No proprietor will..dig down in trace of the metallic effluvia, which reach the subtle senses of the Rabdomancer above. 1944S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha's Rebellion in Backlands v. 237 Skilled rhabdomancers capable of indicating with their mysterious wands the exact spot where a stream of water might be found. 1971Daily Tel. 17 Aug. 8/1 Their predictions have no more validity..than the predictions of crystal-gazers, rhabdomancers, oömancers and observers of the flights of birds. 1976Worcester (Mass.) Telegram 10 Sept. 7/1 This one is for Rhabdomancers. Among the other things dowsers are called [are] water witches, water diviners, water finders. |

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