Fossick

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·vi To search about; to Rummage.

II. Fossick ·add. ·vi 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.

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