Quarry

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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

2. A heap of game killed.

3. 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.

Part of speech: noun (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).

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Quadrate; square. [Obs.]