dousing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dousing
    n 1: the act of wetting something by submerging it [syn:
         {submersion}, {immersion}, {ducking}, {dousing}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly;
      as, douse the topsail.
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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