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quarry

UK/ˈkwɒɹ.i/ US/ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/ fairly common
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

  • “he fell prey to muggers”
  • “everyone was fair game”
  • “the target of a manhunt”
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2.

a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

  • “a British term for”
  • “is”
  • “'”
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3.

animal hunted or caught for food

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verb

1.

extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry

  • “quarry marble”

Origin

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”).

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