Quarry /(?)/

Quar·ry

Quarry

n.
  1. Same as 1st Quarrel. [Obs.]

Quarry

a.
  1. Quadrate; square. [Obs.]

Quarry

n.

pl. Quarries

  1. A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
  2. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.
    The wily quarry shunned the shock.

Quarry

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

Quarry

n.
  1. 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).

Quarry

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Quarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Quarrying

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