quarry (1), qaur, quarer, quarrer, quarrere, quarrie

[O. French, quarriere (Fr. carr ière ), from Low Lat. quadraria =a quarry for squared stones, from Lat. quadro = to square; quadrus square.) A place, pit, or mine where stones are dug out of the earth, or are separated from the ma of rock by blasting. The term mine is generally confined to pits or places whence coal or metals are taken; quarry to those from which stones for building, ., as marble, slate, ., are taken. A mine is subterranean, and reached by a shaft; in a quarry the overlying soil is simply removed. "Whether there were any nece ity that could infallibly produce quarries of stone in the earth."- More : Antidote against Atheism, pt. i., ch. iii. IMG:content-0056.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A diamond-shaped pane of a lead casement. They are fixed in by cames, which are tied by leaden strips to saddle-bars running transversely acro the iron frame of the casement window. "To take down a quarry of gla to scowre." - Mortimer: Husbandry. 2. An arrow with a square head; a quarrel. "So fit to shoot she singled forth among Her foes, who first her quarries strength should feele." Fairefax : Godfrey of Bovloyne , ch, xi., § 28. 3. A small square paving-stone or brick. *B. As adj .: Square, quadrate. quar-rỹ (3), *quar-rey, *quar-rie, *quer-re, subst. [Old French cuiree , curee , from cuir (Latin corium )=hide.skin.] [CUIRASS.] *1. In hunting, a part of the entrails of the animal killed given to the dogs. #2. A heap of animals killed; hence, a heap of dead generally. "What murthring quars of men, what heaps down thrown." Thaer: Virgil; Æneidos, ix. 3. Any animal pursued as game with hounds or hawks; game, prey; hence, any object of pursuit. "The pack could not be defrauded into the belief that their quarry was lost."- Field , April 4, 1885.