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Quarry : (noun)
1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of
ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or
influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair
game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: prey, target,
fair game]
2: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a
British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: pit, stone
pit]
3: animal hunted or caught for food [syn: prey]
(verb)
1: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a
quarry; "quarry marble"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Quarry : \Quar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarried; p. pr. & vb.
n. Quarrying.]
To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Quarry : \Quar"ry\, n. [OE. quarre, OF. quarr['e] square, F.
carr['e], from L. quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a
square. See Quadrate, and cf. Quarrel an arrow.]
Same as 1st Quarrel. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Quarry : \Quar"ry\, a. [OF. quarr['e].]
Quadrate; square. [Obs.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Quarry : \Quar"ry\, n.; pl. Quarries. [OE. querre, OF.
cuiri['e]e, F. cur['e]e, fr. cuir hide, leather, fr. L.
corium; the quarry given to the dogs being wrapped in the
akin of the beast. See Cuirass.]
1.
(a) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to
the hounds.
(b) A heap of game killed.
2. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game;
especially, the game hunted with hawks. ``The stone-dead
quarry.'' --Spenser.
The wily quarry shunned the shock. --Sir W.
Scott.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Quarry : \Quar"ry\, v. i.
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. --L'Estrange.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Quarry : \Quar"ry\, n. [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F.
carri[`e]re, LL. quadraria a quarry, whence squared
(quadrati) stones are dug, fr. quadratus square. See
Quadrate.]
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) .
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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