Definition of Quarry

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Quarry

Same as 1st Quarrel.

Quadrate; square.

A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

A heap of game killed.

The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

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).

To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

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Quarry Quotations

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
Samuel Butler

I guess I look like a rock quarry that someone has dynamited.
Charles Bronson

I look like a quarry someone has dynamited.
Charles Bronson

From the top of the quarry cliffs, one could see the New Jersey suburbs bordered by the New York City skyline.
Robert Smithson

The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.
Marc Bloch

Quarry Translations

quarry in Italian is cava di pietra
quarry in Norwegian is jaktbytte, bryte stein, steinbrudd
quarry in Spanish is cantera
quarry in Swedish is byte, stenbrott

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