What is "romage"

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.]

   They might bring away a great deal more than they do, if they would take pain in the romaging.
   --Hakluyt.

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.

   He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.
   --Howell.

   What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account!
   --M. Arnold.

n. (obsolete spelling of rummage English)