[rum.mage] vb rum.maged ; rum.mag.ing [
[2]rummage] vi (ca. 1595) 1: to make a thorough search or investigation
2: to engage in an undirected or haphazard search ~ vt 1: to make a thorough search through: ransack "rummaged the attic"
2: to examine minutely and completely
3: to discover by searching -- rum.mag.er n
[2]rummage n [obs. E rummage act of packing cargo, modif. of MF arrimage] (1598) 1 a: a confused miscellaneous collection b: items for sale at a rummage sale
2: a thorough search esp. among a confusion of objects