quarry
11Quarry — Quar ry, a. [OF. quarr[ e].] Quadrate; square. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
12Quarry — Quar ry, v. i. To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] …
13quarry — index extract, victim Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14quarry — *victim, prey …
15quarry — [n] goal aim, chase, game, objective, prey, prize, quest, ravin, victim; concept 659 …
16Quarry — For other uses, see Quarry (disambiguation). A quarry is a type of open pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap,… …
17quarry — I n. prey 1) to stalk one s quarry 2) to bring one s quarry to bay 3) hunted quarry II n. open excavation 1) to work a quarry 2) an abandoned quarry 3) a marble; stone quarry * * * [ kwɒrɪ] stone quarry [ op …
18quarry — quar|ry1 [ˈkwɔri US ˈkwo: , ˈkwa: ] n plural quarries [Sense: 1; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: quarriere, from an unrecorded quarre square stone , from Latin quadrum square ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: cuiree… …
19quarry — I UK [ˈkwɒrɪ] / US [ˈkwɔrɪ] noun Word forms quarry : singular quarry plural quarries 1) [countable] a place where stone is dug out of the ground. A place where coal or minerals are dug out of the ground is called a mine a slate/limestone quarry… …
20quarry — I. noun (plural quarries) Etymology: Middle English quirre, querre entrails of game given to the hounds, from Anglo French cureie, quereie, from quir, cuir skin, hide (on which the entrails were placed), from Latin corium more at cuirass Date:… …
