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Douce
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Douse, английский
- Погружаться в воду, быстро спускать парус;
- [1] to extinguish a lantern [2] to take in or lower a sail [3] to abruptly slacken a line.
- Commonly used by drillers as a synonym for scientific (geophysical) devices, such as the seismograph, torsion balance, magnetometer, dip needle, etc., used to locate and delineate subsurface structures in which water, oil, or minerals may occur. also called doodlebug, doodlebugger, douce, doucer, dowse, dowser.
- To locate and delineate subsurface structures in which water, oil, or minerals may occur by the use of various scientific devices, such as the seismograph, torsion balance, magnetometer, dip needle, etc. also called doodlebugging, doucing, dowsing.
- Commonly used by drillers as synonym for de vices, as divining rod, forked tree limb, or other non- scientific contraptions, supposedly useful in locating subsurface formations containing water, oil, or min erals. also called divining rod, doodlebug, douce,
- To furl or lower a sail.
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Dowse, английский
Floating-tube core barrel, английский
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