quarry

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quarry1

▶noun (pl. quarries) a place, typically a large pit, from which stone or other materials may be extracted. ▶verb (quarries, quarrying, quarried) extract from a quarry.

■ cut into (rock or ground) to obtain stone or other materials.

– derivatives
quarrier noun,
quarryman noun (pl. quarrymen).

– origin ME: from a var. of med. L. quareria, from OFr. quarriere, based on L. quadrum ‘a square’.

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quarry2

▶noun (pl. quarries) an animal being hunted.

■ a person or thing being chased or sought.

– origin ME (orig. denoting the parts of a deer placed on a hide for the hounds): from OFr. cuiree, alt. of couree, based on L. cor ‘heart’.

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quarry3

▶noun (pl. quarries)

• 1 a diamond-shaped pane in a lattice window.

• 2 (also quarry tile) an unglazed floor tile.

– origin C16: alt. of quarrel2, which in ME denoted a lattice windowpane.