Dictionary
fos•sick
Pronunciation: (fos'ik), [key]
Chiefly Australian.
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v.i.
1. Mining.to undermine another's digging; search for waste gold in relinquished workings, washing places, etc.
2. to search for any object by which to make gain:
to fossick for clients.
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v.t.
to hunt; seek; ferret out.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
