Look up: quarry

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   Quarry
   Quarry is a township in Jersey County Illinois, USA
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   quarry
   [v] - extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
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   Quarry
   The bird or animal that a bird of prey is hunting.
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   Quarry
   a large pit dug to obtain a mineral from the ground. Rocks and ore are quarried.
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   Quarry
   Quar'ry noun [ Middle English quarre , Old French quarré square, French carré , from Latin quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a square. See Quadrate , and confer Quarrel an arrow.] Same as 1st Quarrel . [ Obsolete] Fairfax.
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   Quarry
   Quar'ry adjective [ Old French quarré .] Quadrate; square. [ Obsolete]
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   Quarry
   Quar'ry noun ; plural Quarries . [ Middle English querre , Old French cuiriée , French curée , from cuir hide, leather, from Latin 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 ...
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   Quarry
   Quar'ry intransitive verb To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. L'Estrange.
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   Quarry
   Quar'ry noun [ Middle English quarrere , Old French quariere , French carrière , Late Latin quadraria a quarry, whence squared ( quadrati ) stones are dug, from 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 ...
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    Quarry
    Quar'ry transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Quarried ; present participle & verbal noun Quarrying .] To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
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    Quarry
    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. Quarries are usually shallower than other types of open-pit mines. A quarry is often mistaken for other types of open-pit or open-cast mines such as borrow or gravel pits. Types of rock extracted from quarries include: *Cinder *China Clay *Coquina *Construction aggregate *Grani...
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    Quarry
    • (n.) 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). • (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks. • (n.) A heap of game killed. • (a.) Quadrate; square. • (n.) ...
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    quarry
    place where dimension stone or aggregate (sand, gravel, crushed rock) is mined. The products of dimension stone quarries are prismatic blocks of rock ... [5 related articles]
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    Quarry
    Quarry is a Scottish boy name. The meaning of the name is `proud` Quarrie,Quarry The name Quarry doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Quarry seems to be unique!
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    quarry
    quarry (stones, rocks)
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