Quarry
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Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) Same as Quarrel.

2. (a.) Quadrate; square.

3. (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

4. (n.) A heap of game killed.

5. (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

6. (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

7. (n.) 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).

8. (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.


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