DCHP-1 Online
rummage ((v.)) [< Brit. dial. "ransack"] Nfld, Obs. 
v. See 1819 quote.
See also: rummage ((n.))
- 1770 (1792) The other furrier accompanied me in rummaging for beavers.
- 1819 Thus prepared, he fearlessly ranges about, or according to the technical term, rummages in search of his game.
- 1835 (1836) Such tracks, being only of persons who have been "rummaging," or searching for firesticks of timber in the woods, may, again and again have raised deceptive hopes, respecting their leading immediately to some habitation or settlement.
- 1770 (1792) The other furrier accompanied me in rummaging for beavers.