quarry
noun
- place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate etc. has been excavated from the ground
verb
- quarry,mine,search
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒɹ.i/ / /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/ / /ˈkwɑɹ.i/
noun
Etymology: Alteration of quarrel (“diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window; square tile”).
- A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
“The boyes playing at ſtooleball, by chaunce broke a quarry of the glaſſe, whereupon he complayned to the Towneſhip, and either had, or did his utmoſt to haue the poor boy whipt, […]”
“A window towards the eaſt (whoſe fractured quarries proclaimed the ravages of time) admitted a dim, ſhadowy light, over the whole manſion.”
verb
Etymology: 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.
“What's an Eternal Circulation of the ſame Things, as well as the ſame Steps, without Advancing one Inch of Ground towards his Journey's End, but Ixion in the Wheel? And all this while, with Cares, and Horrors at his Heart, like the Vultur that's Day and Night Quarrying upon Prometheus's Liver.”