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rummaging, vbl. n.|ˈrʌmɪdʒɪŋ|
[f. as prec.]
†1. The arranging or rearranging of cargo. Obs.
1553in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 267 In charging, discharging, loding againe, and roomaging of the same shippe. 1560Ibid. (1903) II. 409 The masters of the ships..might bring away a great deal more than they doe if they would take paine in the romaging. 1622R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 44 The other [days] for roomeging, making of sayles [etc.]. 1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 5 The quarter Maisters hath the charge of the hold for stowage, rommageing, and trimming the shippe.
2. The action of searching or overhauling.
1664Butler Hud. ii. iii. 1086 This said in haste, in haste he fell To romaging of Sidrophel. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton xiii. (1840) 231 The sloop's men took her, and had the rummaging of her, before we came up. 1768J. Byron Narr. Patagonia (ed. 2) 26 This rummaging of the shore was now becoming extremely irksome. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. viii, A vast deal of searching and rummaging ensued, and it proving fruitless [etc.]. 1859W. Collins Queen of Hearts (1875) 32, I would rather have the rummaging of your memory than the rummaging of this box.
attrib.1876G. D. Ham Rev. & Mercantile Vade-M. 635 Stores to be reported and an account to be taken by the Rummaging Officers. 1891Mayston Customs Gen. Orders 206 Extramen not to be employed on rummaging duty. |