To dowse for water with a divining rod.
| Example | Meaning |
Speaker 1: That's where the water was, that's where they put the well. Speaker 2: Yeah, they could witch wells, you-know. That's where they found it. |
employ a technique to search for water that works by an uknown mechanism |
| Example | Meaning |
Speaker: Yeah, and if you're not, drill it where you want it. But I'm not saying in certain parts of the country, you shouldn't witch. Interviewer: What's that word? Speaker: Witch. Interviewer: Witch? What does that mean? Speaker: Well maybe it's witchcraft, I-don't-know but my wife and I and my cousin and his wi-- ah, were out visiting some relatives out west in nineteen-seventy and they were drilling- going to drill a well out there. |
employ a technique to search for water that works by an uknown mechanism |
