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QUAR'RY, n. 1. A square; as a quarry of glass. [Not in use.]2. An arrow with a square head. [See Quarrel. Not in use.]3. In falconry, the game which a hawk is pursuing or has killed. [Perhaps from L. quaero.]4. Among hunters, a part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.QUAR'RY, n. [I know not whether the original sense of this word was a pit or mine, from digging, or whether the sense was a place for squaring stone. L. curro. If the sense was a pit, it may be referred to the Heb.] 1. A place, cavern or pit where stones are dug from the earth, or separated from a large mass of rocks. We generally apply the word mine to the pit from which are taken metals and coal; from quarries are taken stones for building, as marble, freestone, slate, &c.2. In Paris, the quarries are a vast cavern under the city, several miles in extent.QUAR'RY, v.i. To prey upon, as a vulture or harpy. [A low word and not much used.] QUAR'RY, v.t. To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
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QUAR'RY, n. 1. A square; as a quarry of glass. [Not in use.]2. An arrow with a square head. [See Quarrel. Not in use.]3. In falconry, the game which a hawk is pursuing or has killed. [Perhaps from L. quaero.]4. Among hunters, a part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.QUAR'RY, n. [I know not whether the original sense of this word was a pit or mine, from digging, or whether the sense was a place for squaring stone. L. curro. If the sense was a pit, it may be referred to the Heb.] 1. A place, cavern or pit where stones are dug from the earth, or separated from a large mass of rocks. We generally apply the word mine to the pit from which are taken metals and coal; from quarries are taken stones for building, as marble, freestone, slate, &c.2. In Paris, the quarries are a vast cavern under the city, several miles in extent.QUAR'RY, v.i. To prey upon, as a vulture or harpy. [A low word and not much used.] QUAR'RY, v.t. To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble. |
QUAR'RY, n. [Fr. carrière, formerly Norm. quarrier. I know not whether the original sense of this word was a pit or mine, from digging, or whether the sense was a place for squaring stone. The Fr. carriere signifies not only a quarry, but a career, course, race, from the L. curro, which can not be from squaring. If the sense was a pit, it may be referred to the Heb. Ch. and Eth. כרה, to dig; Ar. كَرَا kara or kwara, to dig, to run violently, to leap. If the sense is from squaring, see Square. See Class Gr, No. 35, 36, 52, 57, 63.]- A place, cavern or pit where stones are dug from the earth, or separated from a large mass of rocks. We generally apply the word mine to the pit from which are taken metals and coals; from quarries are taken stones for building, as marble, freestone, slate, &c.
- In Paris, the quarries are a vast cavern under the city, several miles in extent.
QUAR'RY, n. [Fr. carré, for quarré; Arm. id. See Quarantine.]- A square; as, a quarry of glass. [Not in use.] – Mortimer.
- An arrow with a square head. [See Quarrel. Not in use.] – Fairfax.
- In falconry, the game which a hawk is pursuing or has killed. [Perhaps from L. quæro, Fr. querir, to seek.]
- Among hunters, a part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds. – Encyc.
QUAR'RY, v.i.To prey upon, as a vultur or harpy. – L'Estrange. [A low word and not much used.]
QUAR'RY, v.t.To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble. |
Quar"ry
- Same as 1st
Quarrel.
- Quadrate; square.
- A part of the entrails of
the beast taken, given to the hounds.
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Quarry QUAR'RY, noun 1. A square; as a quarry of glass. [Not in use.] 2. An arrow with a square head. [See Quarrel. Not in use.] 3. In falconry, the game which a hawk is pursuing or has killed. [Perhaps from Latin quaero.] 4. Among hunters, a part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds. QUAR'RY, noun [I know not whether the original sense of this word was a pit or mine, from digging, or whether the sense was a place for squaring stone. Latin curro. If the sense was a pit, it may be referred to the Heb.] 1. A place, cavern or pit where stones are dug from the earth, or separated from a large mass of rocks. We generally apply the word mine to the pit from which are taken metals and coal; from quarries are taken stones for building, as marble, freestone, slate, etc. 2. In Paris, the quarries are a vast cavern under the city, several miles in extent. QUAR'RY, verb intransitive To prey upon, as a vulture or harpy. [A low word and not much used.] QUAR'RY, verb transitive To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble. |
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