Variant or obsolete spelling of 'forage,' meaning food for animals or the act of searching for supplies.
From Middle French 'fourrage,' derived from Old French 'forage' meaning hay or pasture. The -g ending reflects an alternate historical spelling that later standardized to the modern 'forage' without the final g.
This spelling variant shows how English borrowed the word from French and initially kept the French spelling before gradually shifting to the simpler 'forage'—similar to how 'gaol' and 'jail' existed simultaneously before one form won out in modern usage.
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