'Fossick' definitions:

Definition of 'Fossick'

From: GCIDE
  • Fossick \Fos"sick\, v. i. [Dial. E. fossick, fossuck, a troublesome person, fussick to potter over one's work, fussock to bustle about; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fuss.]
  • 1. (Mining) 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. [Australia] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. To search about; to rummage.
  • A man who has fossicked in nature's byways. --D. Macdonald. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]