What is the meaning of Fossick?

  • (v.i.) To search about; to rummage.
  • (v.i.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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MLAWebster's. "fossick" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/fossick/definitions/2009800>