Quarry

(kwŏr'rў), n. [O. Eng. quarre, q. v.; O. Fr. quarre, carre, from Lat. quadrum, something square, O. Fr. quarré, N. Fr. carré, from Lat. quadratus, square, quadrate, quadratum, a square.] A quarrel; an arrow with a square head; a square or lozenge-shaped pane of glass; a glazier’s diamond. See QUARREL.

n. [Fr. curée, O. Fr. corée, coraille, curaille, Pr. corada, corailha, Sp. corada, O. It. corata, from Lat. cor, the heart.] 1. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted for by hawking; prey of the hunting falcon. The wily quarry shunned the shock. W. Scott. 2. (Sporting.) (a.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds. (b.) A heap of game killed.

n. [Norm. Fr. quarrier, O. Fr. quariere, quarreour, L. Lat. quadraria, quatraria, a quarry, whence squared (quadrati) stones are dug, from quadrus lapis, quadratus, O. Fr. pierre quarree, Pr. caire. See QUARRY, supra.] A place, cavern, or pit, where stones are cut from the earth for building or other purposes; a stone-pit.

☞ The word mine is generally applied to the pit from which are taken metals and coals. From quarries are taken stones for building, as marble, freestone, slate, and the like.

(kwŏr'rȳ), v. i. To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. L’Estrange.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. QUARRIED; p. pr. & vb. n. QUARRYING.] To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.