Fossick

So I decided to go down and "fossick" among the Blyde River terraces. ❋ Unknown (1899)

Cobden said that a feature of the applicant's case was to "fossick" around various documents and attempt to "stitch" them together to create a "mindset where iiNet encouraged infringement" on its network. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the pressures of Dressember have encouraged me to go for a bit of a fossick and recover some survivors from beneath the rubble. ❋ Unknown (2008)

General opinion now seems to be that it entered the language too early for that -- and an English etymology is preferred: fiver: a five pound (sterling) note (or "bill"); fossick: pick out gold, in a fairly desultory fashion. ❋ Henry Lawson (1894)

His anger floats over me as I fossick inside, Wednesday gloves black with grime. ❋ Matt Potter (2011)

Here's Ian Forth, who I can't help but notice seems to be emailing from his wife's account, with a Smyth-esque piece of statgazzary: Had a quick fossick through statsguru today. ❋ Unknown (2012)

It's squirmy, but gives him the perfect opportunity to fossick into the medical-related matters that brought his brother down. ❋ Mikandra (2009)

I just fossick around reading whatever interests me. ❋ Carla (2006)

This is, admittedly, not Ackroyd's field; he much prefers to fossick around with ecclesiastical architecture and cross-dressing at early-medieval festivals. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Anne was forced to fossick through the pages of information for the odd trace of gold, though when she found a gleam, she had to admit that she could not be sure it wasn't mere pyrite instead. ❋ King, Laurie R. (1999)

"Still, it gives us a wonderful excuse to fossick about in the bushes." ❋ Smith, Wilbur (1995)

"Swears that one of these years he'll get out into the Belt and fossick around personally." ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 (1994)

My companion is someone who will never pass up an opportunity to fossick along a lonely ocean beach. ❋ By ROY SINCLAIR (2010)

She seems content to fossick around at the bottom of the cliff picking up the pieces of dysfunctional families while even more victims of government policies pile up around her. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Working in collaboration with Stefan Purcell, who brings his draughting and engineering expertise to the table, she has been let loose in the library's archives to fossick about for any materials that take her fancy and on which to work her magic. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Horses prefer to fossick about for their food - even in their stables. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You don't have to fossick for food and raw materials, and base locations are dictated by the game. ❋ Unknown (2009)