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Definition rummage

Etymology

From Old French arrumage (confer French arrimage), from arrumer (“to arrange the cargo in the hold”) (confer French arrimer and Spanish arrumar).

Verb

rummage (third-person singular simple present rummages, present participle rummaging, simple past and past participle rummaged)

1. (transitive, nautical) To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
2. (transitive, nautical) To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
3. (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.
4. (intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.

Noun

rummage (plural rummages)

1. (obsolete) Commotion; disturbance.
2. A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
3. An unorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
4. (nautical) 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.

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