Fossick (verb)
fos-ik
(Aus/NZ) Rummage; search.
Mid 19th century (referring to mining): probably from the English dialect sense ‘obtain by asking’ (i.e. ‘ferret out’).
Example sentences
“They were fossicking at the old mine.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
