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Rummage

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; - formerly written romage.

(2):

(v. t.) To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf.

(3):

(v. i.) To search a place narrowly.

(4):

(n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.

(5):

(v. t.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; - formerly written roomage, and romage.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rummage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rummage.html. 1828.