Quarry

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Quadrate; square.

II. Quarry ·noun A heap of game killed.

III. Quarry ·noun ·same·as 1st Quarrel.

IV. Quarry ·vi To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

V. Quarry ·vt To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

VI. Quarry ·noun A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

VII. Quarry ·noun The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

VIII. Quarry ·noun A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. ·see 5th Mine (a).

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