QUARRY

I. noun (plural quarries) see: cuirass Date: 14th century a heap of the game killed in a hunt, game , one that is sought or pursued ; prey , II. noun (plural quarries) Etymology: Middle English quarey, alteration of quarrere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Late Latin quadrus hewn (literally, squared) stone, from Latin quadrum square Date: 14th century an open excavation usually for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone, a rich source, III. verb (quarried; ~ing) Date: 1774 transitive verb to dig or take from or as if from a ~ , to make a ~ in , intransitive verb to delve in or as if in a ~, IV. noun (plural quarries) Etymology: alteration of 1quarrel Date: 1555 a diamond-shaped pane of glass, stone, or tile