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rummage
(encz) | rummage,haraburdí Zdeněk Brož |
rummage
(encz) | rummage,harampádí Zdeněk Brož |
rummage
(encz) | rummage,prohrabat v: Zdeněk Brož |
rummage
(encz) | rummage,šťourat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Rummage
(gcide) | Rummage \Rum"mage\ (?; 48), n. [For roomage, fr. room; hence
originally, a making room, a packing away closely. See
Room.]
1. (Naut.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a
ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and
moving about of packages incident to close stowage; --
formerly written romage. [Obs.]
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2. A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by
turning things over.
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He has made such a general rummage and reform in the
office of matrimony. --Walpole.
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Rummage sale, a clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a
public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated
in a shop. --Simmonds.
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Rummage
(gcide) | Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. i.
To search a place narrowly.
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I have often rummaged for old books in Little Britain
and Duck Lane. --Swift.
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[His house] was haunted with a jolly ghost, that . . .
. . . rummaged like a rat. --Tennyson.
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Rummage
(gcide) | Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rummaged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Rummaging.]
1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move
about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close
stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written
roomage, and romage. [Obs.]
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They might bring away a great deal more than they
do, if they would take pain in the romaging.
--Hakluyt.
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2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every
corner, and turning over or removing goods or other
things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over
leaf after leaf.
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He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys,
and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.
--Howell.
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What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek
dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M.
Arnold.
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rummage
(wn) | rummage
n 1: a jumble of things to be given away
2: a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or
confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't
find his skis" [syn: ransacking, rummage]
v 1: search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers" |
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brummagem
(encz) | brummagem,nekvalitní adj: kalousek |
rummage
(encz) | rummage,haraburdí Zdeněk Brožrummage,harampádí Zdeněk Brožrummage,prohrabat v: Zdeněk Brožrummage,šťourat v: Zdeněk Brož |
rummage sale
(encz) | rummage sale,bazarový prodej Zdeněk Brožrummage sale,dobročinný prodej Zdeněk Brožrummage sale,prodej zbytků Zdeněk Brož |
rummaged
(encz) | rummaged,prohrabal v: Zdeněk Brož |
scrummage
(encz) | scrummage,skrumáž Zdeněk Brož |
Brummagem
(gcide) | Brummagem \Brum"ma*gem\, a. [Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham),
Eng., "the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap
jewelry," etc.]
Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [Slang] "These
Brummagem gentry." --Lady D. Hardy.
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Rummage sale
(gcide) | Rummage \Rum"mage\ (?; 48), n. [For roomage, fr. room; hence
originally, a making room, a packing away closely. See
Room.]
1. (Naut.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a
ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and
moving about of packages incident to close stowage; --
formerly written romage. [Obs.]
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2. A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by
turning things over.
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He has made such a general rummage and reform in the
office of matrimony. --Walpole.
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Rummage sale, a clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a
public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated
in a shop. --Simmonds.
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Rummaged
(gcide) | Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rummaged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Rummaging.]
1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move
about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close
stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written
roomage, and romage. [Obs.]
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They might bring away a great deal more than they
do, if they would take pain in the romaging.
--Hakluyt.
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2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every
corner, and turning over or removing goods or other
things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over
leaf after leaf.
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He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys,
and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.
--Howell.
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What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek
dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M.
Arnold.
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Rummager
(gcide) | Rummager \Rum"ma*ger\, n.
1. One who rummages.
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2. (Naut.) A person on shipboard whose business was to take
charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written
roomager, and romager. [Obs.]
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The master must provide a perfect mariner, called a
romager, to range and bestow all merchandise.
--Hakluyt.
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scrummage
(gcide) | Scrimmage \Scrim"mage\ (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish.
"Sore scrymmishe." --Ld. Berners.] [Written also
scrummage.]
1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight
or struggle.
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2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball
is put in play.
[1913 Webster]Scrummage \Scrum"mage\ (?; 43), n.
See Scrimmage.
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Scrummage
(gcide) | Scrimmage \Scrim"mage\ (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish.
"Sore scrymmishe." --Ld. Berners.] [Written also
scrummage.]
1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight
or struggle.
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2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball
is put in play.
[1913 Webster]Scrummage \Scrum"mage\ (?; 43), n.
See Scrimmage.
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brummagem
(wn) | Brummagem
adj 1: cheap and showy; "a cheap Brummagem imitation"
n 1: a city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an
important industrial and transportation center [syn:
Birmingham, Brummagem] |
rummage
(wn) | rummage
n 1: a jumble of things to be given away
2: a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or
confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't
find his skis" [syn: ransacking, rummage]
v 1: search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers" |
rummage sale
(wn) | rummage sale
n 1: a sale of donated articles [syn: rummage sale, {jumble
sale}] |
scrummage
(wn) | scrummage
n 1: (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards
of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play
starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two
sides compete for possession [syn: scrum, scrummage] |
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