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water witch(er) † 
See 1947 quote.
- 1829 [Water may attract the willow to a certain extent, which may account for the Dutchman's art in discovering spring-wells with a forked stick.]
- 1885 There were certain persons, I do not remember what they were called, whether water doctors or water witches, who professed to be able . . . to tell where a well should be sunk. . . .
- 1947 "Yeah, I'm a witcher." "A what?" "A water witcher," he explained. "I witch for water--I find water. I dig wells."
- 1829 [Water may attract the willow to a certain extent, which may account for the Dutchman's art in discovering spring-wells with a forked stick.]