quarry
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\ \ Quarry from which stone is extracted [15] and quarry which one hunts [14] are quite different words. The former was borrowed from Old French quarriere, a derivative of *quarre ‘square stone’. This went back to Latin quadrum ‘square’, which was based on the stem quadr- ‘four’, source of English quadrangle, quadrant, quadruped, etc. The sort of quarry that is pursued came from Anglo-Norman *quire or *quere, which denoted ‘entrails of a killed deer given to the hounds to eat’. This went back to Old French cuiree, which was an alteration of an earlier couree or coree. And this in turn was descended from Vulgar Latin *corāta ‘entrails’, a derivative of Latin cor ‘heart’. The present-day sense of the English word emerged in the 15th century.
\ \ Cf.⇒ QUARTER; CORDIAL, COURAGE, RECORD
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quarry — quar‧ry [ˈkwɒri ǁ ˈkwɔː , ˈkwɑː ] noun quarries PLURALFORM [countable] a place where large amounts of stone, sand etc are dug out of the ground: • a granite quarry quarry verb [transitive] : • granite that is quarried in Brazil * * * Ⅰ … Financial and business terms
Quarry — Quar ry, n.; pl. {Quarries}. [OE. querre, OF. cuiri[ e]e, F. cur[ e]e, fr. cuir hide, leather, fr. L. corium; the quarry given to the dogs being wrapped in the akin of the beast. See {Cuirass}.] 1. (a) A part of the entrails of the beast taken,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quarry — Quar ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarrying}.] To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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quarry — from which stone is extracted [15] and quarry which one hunts [14] are quite different words. The former was borrowed from Old French quarriere, a derivative of *quarre ‘square stone’. This went back to Latin quadrum ‘square’, which was based on… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
quarry — Ⅰ. quarry [1] ► NOUN (pl. quarries) ▪ an open excavation in the earth s surface from which stone or other materials are extracted. ► VERB (quarries, quarried) 1) extract from a quarry. 2) cut into (rock or ground) to obtain … English terms dictionary
quarry — quarry1 [kwôr′ē, kwär′ē] n. pl. quarries [var. of QUARREL1] a square or diamond shaped piece of glass, tile, etc. quarry2 [kwôr′ē, kwär′ē] n. pl. quarries [ME querre, orig., parts of the prey put on the hide and fed to dogs < OFr cuiree,… … English World dictionary
Quarry — Quar ry, n. [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F. carri[ e]re, LL. quadraria a quarry, whence squared (quadrati) stones are dug, fr. quadratus square. See {Quadrate}.] A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quarry — Quar ry, n. [OE. quarre, OF. quarr[ e] square, F. carr[ e], from L. quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a square. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Quarrel} an arrow.] Same as 1st {Quarrel}. [Obs.] Fairfax. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quarry — Quar ry, a. [OF. quarr[ e].] Quadrate; square. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
