Bible Dictionaries
Fossick

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) 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.

(2):

(v. i.) To search about; to rummage.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fossick'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fossick.html. 1828.