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noun
1.
an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
2.
an abundant source or supply.
verb (used with object)
3.
to obtain (stone) from or as if from a quarry.
4.
to make a quarry in.
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Quarry
is one of our favorite verbs.
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| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| to bark; yelp. |
Origin:
1375–1425; Middle English quarey (noun) < Medieval Latin quareia, variant of quareria < Old French quarriere < Vulgar Latin *quadrāria place where stone is squared, derivative of Latin quadrāre to square
1375–1425; Middle English quarey (noun) < Medieval Latin quareia, variant of quareria < Old French quarriere < Vulgar Latin *quadrāria place where stone is squared, derivative of Latin quadrāre to square
Related forms
quar·ri·a·ble, quar·ry·a·ble, adjective
un·quar·ried, adjective
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noun, plural quar·ries.
1.
an animal or bird hunted or pursued.
2.
game, especially game hunted with hounds or hawks.
3.
any object of search, pursuit, or attack.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English querre < Old French cuiree, derivative of cuir skin, hide < Latin corium
1275–1325; Middle English querre < Old French cuiree, derivative of cuir skin, hide < Latin corium
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| quarry3 (ˈkwɒrɪ) | |
| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | a square or diamond shape |
| 2. | something having this shape |
| 3. | another word for quarrel |
| [C16: from Old French quarré; see | |
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Word Origin & History
quarry
"what is hunted," c.1320, quirre "entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward," from Anglo-Fr. quirreie, from O.Fr. cuiriee, altered (by influence of O.Fr. cuir "skin," from L. corium "hide"), from O.Fr. corée "viscera, entrails," from V.L. *corata "entrails,"
EXPANDfrom L. cor "heart." Sense of "anything chased in hunt" is first recorded 1615; earlier "bird targeted by a hawk or other raptor" (1486).
quarry
"where rocks are excavated," c.1400, from M.L. quarreria (1266), lit. "place where stones are squared," from L. quadrare "to square" (see quadrant). The verb is attested from 1774.
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quarry
place where dimension stone or aggregate (sand, gravel, crushed rock) is mined. The products of dimension stone quarries are prismatic blocks of rock such as marble, granite, limestone, sandstone, and slate. After cutting and polishing, these materials are used in the primary construction of buildings and monuments and also for decorative facing materials applied to the exterior and interior of buildings. Dimension stones are extracted in a highly selective manner, using time-consuming and expensive methods for freeing the blocks from the surrounding rock
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