What does "quarry" mean?
Quarry: (a) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds. (b) A heap of game killed.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. L'Estrange.
- 4.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).
- 5.To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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