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FOSSICK
Etymology
Verb
fossick (third-person singular simple present fossicks, present participle fossicking, simple past and past participle fossicked)
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand) To search for something; to rummage.
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To elicit information; to ferret out. [from mid 19th c.]
(intransitive, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, specifically) To search for gems, gold, etc, on the surface or in abandoned workings.
(intransitive, British dialect) To be troublesome.
Synonyms
• (to search for gems, gold, etc.): noodle
Source: Wiktionary
Fos"sick, v. i. [Dial. E. fossick, fossuck, a troublesome person, fussick to potter over one's work, fussock to bustle about; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fuss.]
1. (Mining)
Definition: To search for gold by picking at stone or earth or among roots in isolated spots, picking over abandoned workings, etc.; hence, to steal gold or auriferous matter from another's claim. [Australia]
2. To search about; to rummage.
A man who has fossicked in nature's byways. D. Macdonald.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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