Dousing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Douse \Douse\ (dous), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doused} (doust); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Dousing}.] [Cf. {Dowse}, and OD. donsen to
     strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down
     violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
     1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to
        dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet.


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     2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly;
        as, douse the topsail.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dousing
       n : the act of wetting something by submerging it [syn: {submersion},
            {immersion}, {ducking}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "dousing":
     baptism, burial, burning out, controlling, damping, dip, dipping,
     duck, ducking, dunking, dying, engulfment, extinction,
     extinguishment, fire fighting, flame-out, going out, immergence,
     immersion, inundation, putting out, quenching, sinking,
     smotheration, smothering, snuffing, souse, sousing, stifling,
     submergence, submersion