1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.
3. Verb
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.
4. Verb
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.
5. Verb
To search a place narrowly.
6. Noun
a jumble of things to be given away
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