root about vs rootle

root about

verb
  • To forage by poking the snout here and there. 

  • To rummage; to look for something in a somewhat aimless fashion. 

  • To search for something in a similar manner. 

rootle

verb
  • to dig into the ground, with the snout. 

  • to search for something from a drawer, closet, etc.; to dig out. 

How often have the words root about and rootle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )