quarry.
A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
Meaning & usage
A site for mining stone, such as limestone, or slate.
Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria (1266), literally a “place where stones are squared”, from Old French quarrière (compare modern French carrière), from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Latin quadrō (“to square”), itself from quadra (“a square”), from quattuor (“four”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).
To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English quarere, from Medieval Latin quarreria (1266), literally a “place where stones are squared”, from Old French quarrière (compare modern French carrière), from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Latin quadrō (“to square”), itself from quadra (“a square”), from quattuor (“four”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”).
A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.
An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
An object of search or pursuit.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English quyrre, querre, quirre, from Anglo-Norman quiree (“entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward”) (influenced by cuir (“skin (of an animal)”), from Latin corium (“a hide”)), from coree (“entrails, viscera”), from Vulgar Latin corata (“entrails”), from Latin cor (“heart”).
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English quyrre, querre, quirre, from Anglo-Norman quiree (“entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward”) (influenced by cuir (“skin (of an animal)”), from Latin corium (“a hide”)), from coree (“entrails, viscera”), from Vulgar Latin corata (“entrails”), from Latin cor (“heart”).
A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
Where this word comes from
Alteration of quarrel (“diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window; square tile”).
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