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quarryn.1 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French quyreye, cuiriee. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman quyreye, quyrreye and Old French cuiriee, Old French, Middle French cuirie, Middle French cuiree, cuyree parts of the carcass of a deer killed by a hunt, placed on its hide and given to the hounds as a reward (c1160; Middle French, French curée ) < cuir , quir , quyr skin, hide, leather (see cuirass n.) + -ée , -eye -y suffix5. Compare later curry n.3The β. forms are apparently influenced by Anglo-Norman quere, variant of cuir skin, hide, leather (compare also the forms at cuir-bouilli n.). The γ. forms developed out of the β. forms by the normal late Middle English lowering of e to a before r . With the transferred use in sense 3c compare French curée (figurative) any object which is considered legitimate booty (1582 in Middle French in donner curée to give (a person) an incentive). 1. the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > pet-food > dog food c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 499 Hert, liuer, and liȝtes And blod tille his quirre, Houndes on hyde he diȝtes. c1425 Edward, Duke of York (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 8 Whan þe herte is spaied and dede, he vndoþ hym and makeþ his kyrre and enquirreth or rewardeth his houndes. c1425 (Vesp. B.xii) 153 The houndes shal be rewardid with the nekke and with þe bewellis..and thei shal be etyn vndir [read on; Fr. sur] the skyn [Fr. quir], & therfore it is clepid the quarre [Fr. quyrreye]. 1486 sig. Fiv That callid is Iwis The quyrre, a boue the skyn for it etyn is. 1575 G. Gascoigne xiv. 34 How a man should enter his yong houndes to hunte the Harte, and of the quaries and rewardes that he shall giue them. 1688 R. Holme ii. 188/1 Quarry..is a gift or reward given the Hounds, being some part of the thing hunted. 1904 W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman 127/2 Preceding the quarry came the ceremonial breaking up of the deer. 1938 T. H. White xvi. 242 As everybody knows, a quarry is a reward of entrails, etc., which is given to the hounds on the hide of the dead beast. the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > signal [verb (intransitive)] > sound a call society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (intransitive)] > sound horn c1560 J. Lacy (Copland) sig. a.iii I ma no lenger tarry, I must nedis hense go, I here them blowe the quarry. †2. the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [noun] > bag or collection of game c1400 (?c1390) (1940) 1324 & quykly of þe quelled dere a querre þay maked. c1425 Edward, Duke of York (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 110 Þan shuld þe maister of þe game lede þe kyng to þe quirre [v.r. querre] and shewe it hym. c1475 (c1450) P. Idley (Cambr.) (1935) ii. B. 1647 (MED) Robert bryngeth to the quarrie suche as he fynde. c1560 J. Lacy (Copland) sig. A.iiv He that me helpeth, to the quarry bringe I wyll he haue mi necke, for a shorte repaste. c1560 Hunting of Cheviot 8 in F. J. Child (1889) III. vi. 307 To the quyrry then the Perse went, to se the bryttlynge off the deare. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ sig. E The carkases of the deade, like a quarrie of Deare at a generall hunting, [shall be] hurled vppon a heape. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 207 To relate the manner Were on the Quarry of these murther'd Deere To adde the death of you. View more context for this quotation 1878 C. Hallock p. ix Quarry, a heap of game killed. the world > life > the body > dead body > [noun] > pile of 1573 tr. F. Hotman p. lxi And then his body was throwen into the quarrey with the rest [L. Tum ipsius corpus in aceruum aliorum impositum est]. 1589 R. Robinson sig. C.3 Till to the quirry, a number out of count, Were brought to reape the iust reward at last. 1603 R. Knolles 308 All fowly foiled with blood, and the quarrey of the dead. 1611 J. Speed viii. vii. 408/1 Then went they in haste to the quarry of the dead, but by no meanes could finde the body of the King. 1633 G. Herbert 30 I finde there quarries of pil'd vanities. 3. the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > quarry > [noun] the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > quarry > [noun] > dead > given to hawk c1450 (?a1400) (BL Add. 31042) 233 Then fawkoners..Puttis owte..þe maryo [v.r. marow] one his gloue, And quotes thaym [sc. the hawks] to the querrye [v.r. whirry] that quelled hym to þe dethe. 1486 sig. Dij Yowre hawke fleeth to the querre. 1590 E. Spenser ii. xi. sig. Z5 As when Ioues..Bird from hye Stoupes at a flying heron..The stone-dead quarrey falls. 1677 N. Cox (ed. 2) ii. 164 Fly on head, is missing her Quarry, and betaking her self to the next Check, as Crows, [etc.]. 1695 W. Congreve v. i. 81 Hooded like a Hawk, to sieze at first sight upon the Quarry. a1734 R. North (1740) ii. iv. §117 292 As Men catch haggard Hawks, to reclaim, and make them fly at other Quarry. 1747 S. Richardson II. xxiii. 145 Wrens and Sparrows are not too ignoble a quarry for this villainous goshawk! 1855 H. Spencer iii. xii. 446 A falcon swooping on its quarry. 1878 B. Taylor ii. v. 84 There wheels a vulture seeking other quarry. 1891 J. E. Harting 229 Serving a hawk, helping to put out the quarry from covert. 1937 July 132/2 We have watched the sharp-shin dodge through the thickest brush after its quarry. 1997 E. P. Benson vi. 79 The golden eagle..is a splendid flier and hunter, and its quarry is predominantly mammalian. the world > animals > animals hunted > [noun] the world > food and drink > hunting > thing hunted or game > [noun] c1500 Piers of Fulham (Trin. Cambr.) in C. H. Hartshorne (1829) 123 I trowe that thy grynnes been untelt, Ellys to fieble or to many folde Off queeres. 1575 G. Gascoigne lx. 167 According to the quarrey which you shall giue them, they will always afterwards proue. 1612 M. Drayton xiii. 215 No beast shall proue thy Quarries heere; Saue those the best of Chase. 1695 W. Temple (1699) 180 The Game, which it was their Interest to preserve, both for their Sport and the Quarry. 1750 J. S. Gardiner i. 5 Many [hounds] will freely hunt each others Quarry. 1808 W. Scott ii. Introd. 61 The startled quarry bounds amain, As fast the gallant grey-hounds strain. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Quarry, the prey taken by whalers. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst 206 The pack pressed their sinking quarry into and through the coverts. 1918 W. Cather i. vii. 53 I stole furtive glances behind me now and then to see that no avenging mate, older and bigger than my quarry, was racing up from the rear. 1976 A. Haley (1977) xiii. 41 In their imaginations..their quarry were rhinoceros, elephants, leopard, and the mighty lion. 1998 M. Green iii. 47 Arrian alludes to boars as a favourite quarry, which required great skill from the huntsman and courage from his horse and dogs. the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target 1615 T. Tomkis v. i. sig. K2 When they counter Vpon one quarrey, breake that league, as wee do. 1667 J. Milton x. 281 So sented the grim Feature, and upturn'd His Nostril wide into the murkie Air, Sagacious of his Quarrey from so farr. View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal p. xxxvii Folly was the proper Quarry of Horace, and not Vice. 1740 W. Somervile iii. 362 If from some small Creek, A lurking Corsair the rich Quarry Spies. 1776 H. Cowley ii. 24 You are not to suffer your heart to be interested there, for that's my quarry—and peril to the man who attempts to rob me of my prize. 1837 T. Carlyle I. iii. iii. 101 Count Mirabeau,..scents or descries richer quarry from afar. 1859 G. W. Matsell 78 Shadow, a first-class police officer, one who possesses naturally the power..to follow his quarry. 1906 16 Oct. 3/3 The heresy-hunter made him his quarry. 1977 8 Aug. 46/3 Once the West German federal police set up special squads to cope with the terrorists, they found their quarries easy prey. 2004 Oct. 62/1 Its [sc. a novel's] psychic quarry is not the blandifying (or perversifying) effects of comfort. the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [noun] > seizing quarry the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > swooping 1607 T. Heywood sig. B2v Fran. My Hawke kild to. Char. I, but twas at the querre, Not at the mount like mine. 1614 S. Latham i. vii. 27 These kindes of Hawkes..will bee presently wonne with two or three quarries. 1667 R. Allestree v. 77 Prometheus Vultur begins her quarry in this life. 1884 T. Speedy xix. 360 We have not above half-a-dozen times seen the peregrine in the act of making a quarry. Compounds1647 R. Fanshawe tr. B. Guarini i. i. 7 Within whose Quarry-scorning mind had place The pleasure or the glory of the Chase. 1763 R. Heath 27 Allegorically meaning Mr. Pope's Quarry-hunting for Vice, Folly, [etc.]. 1873 R. Browning i. 27 Forward, the firm foot! Onward, the quarry-overtaking eye! 1999 July 174/2 The quarry-aggressive dog will probably go through the tunnel like a ‘dose of salts’ and the cage will have to be moved as soon as the dog reaches it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). quarryn.2Origin: Of uncertain origin. Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or perhaps (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin quareia, quareria; French quariie, quariere. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin quareia (13th cent.), quarrea, quarria (from 1312 in British sources), variants (with elision of unstressed syllable) of quareria (see quarrer n.), or perhaps < Anglo-Norman quariie (13th cent. in an apparently isolated attestation in MS Lincoln of John of Garland's Dictionarius, glossing post-classical Latin perarium quarry), variant of, or perhaps a scribal error for, quariere, quarriere, etc. (see quarrer n.; except for this form, no close parallels appear to be attested in French). Compare also quar n.1, quarrel n.3Apparently attested earlier as a place name (Quarre (1266, Isle of Wight), Quare (1360, Dorset), Quarree (1364, Cambridgeshire)), although it is uncertain whether these reflect the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word. Middle English examples of the forms quarre and querre could alternatively be interpreted as showing quar n.1 In sense 3 after French carrière (1705 in the passage translated in quot. 1707), spec. sense of carrière quarrer n. 1. society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > quarry > [noun] a1382 (Bodl. 959) 4 Kings xxii. 6 Delyn it [sc. money] to hem..þat þer ben boȝt trees & stonys of þe quarrees to þe enstoryng of þe temple of þe lord. a1450 (Faust.) (1883) 3657 (MED) He ladde stones from þe quarey to þe chirche. 1480 W. Caxton 5 Quareyes of marble of diuerse maner stones. ?a1500 (?1458) in J. H. Parker (1859) III. ii. 42 (MED) Than crafti men for the querry made crowes of yre. ?1577 J. Northbrooke 103 Let him be punished, and cast..in the quarries to digge stones. 1612 B. Jonson iv. i. sig. H4v Dos not this Diamant better, on my finger, Then i' the quarry ? View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Dryden ii. i. 24 If thou wouldst offer both the Indies to me, The Eastern Quarries, and the Western Mines. 1685 196 One Acre of Land left for A Quarry. 1728 E. Young (ed. 2) i. 168 Belus..builds himself a name; and, to be great, Sinks in a quarry an immense estate! 1759 S. Johnson II. xxxvii. 83 Walls supply stones more easily than quarries. 1809 E. A. Kendall I. 90 A mile or two above the city..is a quarry of free-stone. 1877 A. B. Edwards vii. 165 An ancient quarry from which the stone has been cut out in smooth masses. 1907 July 849/1 Across the street from our house is a quarry, from which a great deal of stone had been taken for building. 1975 3 Jan. 39/1 During excavation in a South Australian peat quarry in January 1974, a wooden tool industry was found buried in basal peat. 2000 6 Aug. i. 14/5 The very rare Green and Gold Bell Frog was found living in an old quarry on the Homebush site. the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > source of supply 1630 T. Dekker 8 A Mountainous Quarry of stony hearts, to haue but one poore pibble, digg'd away. 1647 A. Cowley Thraldom in v Others with sad and tedious art, Labour i' the Quarries of a stony Heart. 1663 G. Mackenzie 144 Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations. 1774 J. Davies tr. D. Rowland i. 17 What miracles of grace are here! how many golden veins are contained in this rich quarry! 1846 C. Dickens 150 How many quarries of human hearts and souls, capable of far more beautiful results, are left shut up and mouldering away. 1847 Ld. Lindsay I. 60 The whole quarry of legends, ceremonies and superstitions which Rome..employed in the structure of..the church of the middle ages. 1899 2 Aug. 3/1 We must leave the reader to mine this rich quarry for himself. 1914 W. Campbell 47 A stair Built out of the quarries of Thought, Wrought slow in the workhouse of Truth. 1965 M. I. Finley in 11 June 926/1 Machiavelli's use of the past as a quarry for data for his social and political theories. 2006 27 Mar. 27/2 Before long his sax once again becomes a quarry for strange sounds and multiphonics. society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > [noun] > any place from which stones can be obtained 1838 C. Thirlwall (new ed.) II. 364 Houses, temples, the monuments of the dead, were the quarries from which they drew. 1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 24 Jan. in (1980) i. 48 Its walls were a quarry of precious stones. 1871 E. A. Freeman IV. xviii. 220 The ruins of the Roman town still remained as a quarry where all who would might seek materials for their own buildings. 1936 11 Dec. 6/6 The Roman walls were able to stand a siege by King Stephen in 1147... Two centuries later the whole site became a quarry for building material. 1986 (Nexis) 25 Oct. j22 Close to town is the Inca fort of Sacsayhuaman..which the Spaniards used as a quarry for their buildings. the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > mass of stone a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 190v And þilke Ilondes ben yclippede a boute wiþ stronge hoeples of grauele and quarres. a1450 De Oblacione Iugis Sacrificii (Titus) 663 in (2001) 174 Take þi beleue as it comeþ of þe strong rok or quarre, Iesu. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxli, in (1998) II. 239 Least respected stones, by careles Mason drawn from cave of worthles Quarry. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Loves Pilgrimage v. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Dddddddd/1 Though I am none of those flinty Fathers..All are not of my quarry. 1645 J. Milton Passion vii, in 19 On the softned Quarry would I score My plaining vers. 1672 J. Dryden ii. v. i. 141 As some huge Rock Rent from its Quarry, does the Waves divide. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville 107 When they meet with Rocks or Quarries, they make use of Gun-powder to blow them up. 1764 2 lxxviii. 272 Where lucern is planted upon a quarry, if the stone hath not many interstices..the length of the roots will be impeded. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > pear > part of 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont ii. 47 Besides these Parts, a Pear has one called the Quarry [Fr. la Carriere], which is a little heap of stony Knobs. Compounds C1. General attributive. 1807 R. W. Dickson (new ed.) I. 62 The quarry-cart, a strong low cart for the loading and carrying of heavy stones. 1955 F. Owen 559 The Troubles, as they were known, began in January, 1919, with the ambush outside Dublin by the I.R.A. of a quarry cart containing gelignite and escorted by two policemen. 2001 (Nexis) 29 Dec. Bear left off the track over the hillside. The surface becomes flagged, grooved by the wheels of the quarry carts. 1871 3 Aug. 13/1 From the Quarry District to the Junction with the Cambrian Railway. 1902 14 Mar. 1/6 The country in the quarry district is densely covered with lantana. 2000 74 504 The Schrandel quarry district, South of Langenaltheim, Bavaria. 1857 15 May 10/7 The elevation of the quarry face to be operated on is 120 feet. 1936 Oct. 317/1 The skull..is thought to be still buried in the quarry-face. 2006 (Nexis) 16 Sept. 8 A range of issues, from quarries not having safety statements to quarry faces being worked in an unsafe manner. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xxii. f. 90v/2, in R. Holinshed I Where the rockes and quarry grounds are. 1791 P. L'Enfant Let. 7 Dec. in G. Washington (2000) Presidential Ser. IX. 263 I have been called to close a bargen for a quarrie ground. 1863 22 Jan. 9/3 Your correspondent seems to forget that Meks, wherefrom the negroes were shipped, is a camp, and not only a quarry ground. 2002 (Nexis) 31 May They set up camp in the flat by Spring Creek, just below the quarry grounds. 1567 in R. Pitcairn (1833) I. i. 499 Fourteen fals keys..quhilk the deponar..keist in the quarie-hole betwix the abbay and Leith. 1891 G. Neilson 32 Hundreds of quarry-holes, mere surface pitmarks on the hill sides. 1991 R. Jackson in J. Myers v. 109 The poem also refers twice to ‘cellar holes’ and to the quarry hole. 1792 A. Young 289 Rock and quarry-land, with sandy gravels, abound there. 1933 23 55 These plants are growing on two separate limestone boulders located on quarry land. 2002 J. Amato 146 In 1876, the town site of Pipestone was platted, and settlers intruded onto quarry land. 1902 at Quarry Quarry-mason. 2003 H. Hoock (2005) ii. 61 Humphry Hopper (1801), originally a quarry mason, became a well-known stone carver. 1844 4 May 6/7 A highly respected man, Andrew Dawn, servant to Mr. Barton, quarry-master, of Duffield. 1903 A. Elliott (2006) 193 The quarry-master..supplied the plant and the tools for the work. 1994 A. Mathews tr. J.-P. Adam ii. 22/2 Once the overburden has been removed and the quarry master has exposed the rock mass, exploitation can begin. 1865 13 Dec. 11/1 Samuel Trickett, quarry owner and general stone merchant, begs to caution the trade against a person of the name of Stredder. 1902 at Quarry Quarry-owner. 1990 278/1 Younger son..of Christopher Mitchell, stone mason and quarry owner. 1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart 46 Dionysius..sent him forthwith to dig in the quarry pit. a1680 J. Harrington (1682) Index 437 Concerning his being preserved from falling Horse and Man into a deep Quarry-Pit in the Night. 1828 22 Mar. 3/7 Both at the same moment jumped into a quarry pit upwards of 20 feet deep. 1990 June 113/2 Quarry pits could turn into ponds, mounds into islands..and gullies into marshes. 1813 J. Forsyth 271 An iron crow..appears to have been left there by some ancient quarry-slave. 1921 10 581 The quarry-slave raised his head, but he saw the circles under Edith's tired eyes and subsided. 2003 (Nexis) 14 Oct. 21 (Features) It told the story of Verus—a real gladiator, who climbed the ranks from quarry-slave to Roman superstar. ?1578 W. Patten 66 The stately seat of Kenelwoorth Castl, the rare beauty of bylding that hiz honor hath auaunced: all of the hard quarry stone: euery room so spacioous. 1746 16 June (advt.) Quarry stones.—To be Sold, by James Banks, Tavern Keeper, at Newark. 1794 R. Kirwan (ed. 2) I. 233 Calp, or black quarry stone of Dublin. 1969 C. Cochrane vi. 119 For a short distance the Roman quarrystone paving of the Foss was intact. 1989 J. McPhee (1991) 176 Three barges loaded with quarry stones were sucked into the low sill in 1965. 1819 P. Nicholson II. 624/1 Quarry-Waggon, or Truck. 1937 E. Blunden 15 Above the square With plodding quarry-waggons filled. 2005 (Nexis) 17 Dec. e5 The monument was hauled on a quarry wagon through winding Vermont roads and finally erected on the hill. 1857 C. Vaux 26 All the quarry-workers..live by the constant demand for the exercise of this art of building. 1921 5 Aug. 10/3 Stirlingshire quarry workers' strike has been settled after three months. 2000 16 Mar. 31/4 He was awarded the Edward Medal, a decoration instituted in 1907 by King Edward VII to recognise bravery by miners and quarry workers. C2. 1883 2 June The first three stories are built of quarry faced lava stone. 1912 XV. 654/2 Abandoning frames and supports the openings for light are surrounded only by quarry-faced ashlar. 2005 (Nexis) 2 July 3 c The lower south wall is constructed of quarry-faced granite chunks with brick above. 1858 Jan. 21 It was necessary..to confine the channel of the river to a fixed bed, which was accomplished by means of weirs formed of ‘quarry rid’. 1862 21 482 Covered with a layer of puddled clay..‘quarry rid’ and broken stone. 1900 A. Beazeley 128 On the sea-slope, was placed from 2 to 4 feet of 'quarry rid' and broken stone. 1902 at Quarry Quarry-stone bond. 1958 (ed. 3) 692 Quarry-stone bond. A term applied to the arrangement of stones in rubble masonry. 1883 Jan. So that..the quarry sap might be thoroughly dried out of them, and the stone..fit for use. 1919 Dec. 252/2 It might accordingly be recommended to carve the stones when ‘green’, before they have lost this precious ‘quarry sap’. 1971 21 Oct. 1082/1 Newly quarried stone contains quarry sap or damp, which can account for about 9 per cent of the weight. 1838 C. Lyell i. iv. 74 It is desirable to shape the stones which are to be used in architecture while they are yet soft and wet, and while they contain their ‘quarry-water’. 1878 T. H. Huxley (ed. 2) 22 Stone when freshly taken from the quarry usually holds moisture, known to the workman as ‘quarry water’. 1993 83 580/1 The case-hardened sheets may initially have formed soon after quarrying by evaporation of quarry water and reprecipitation of calcium carbonate in pores near outer stone edges. Derivatives 1902 at Quarry Quarry-like. 1992 P. Theroux ii. 24 I was in a large quarry-like place littered with boulders the size of the bungalows in Wellington, in a gusting wind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). quarryn.3 Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: quarrel n.1 Etymology: Variant of quarrel n.1, probably influenced by either quarry adj.1, its etymon Middle French quarré, carré, or Middle French quarré a square (14th cent.), use as noun of quarré (adjective) square. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass > pane society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > pane > in lattice window 1537 R. Stokes Accts. in C. E. Sayle (1916) 45 Item to Roger glasyer for glase, workmanship and byndyng off all such quaryes as were loose in ye new lybrary xs. 1575–6 in (1923) II. ii. 223 For xxij quarryes of glasse newe set in. 1611 R. Cotgrave Rhombe,..a figure that hath equall sides, and vnequall angles; as a quarrie of glasse, etc. 1652 P. Heylyn i. sig. (q3)v They only open a little quarrie of glass, and presently shut it close again. 1698 G. Thomas 30 The Glaziers..will have Five Pence a Quarry for their Glass. 1728 E. Chambers (at cited word) Quarries, or Quarrels of Glass are of two Kinds, viz. Square, and Long;..the acute Angle being 77° 19′ in the Square Quarries, and 67° 22′ in the long ones. 1771 II. 85 As it was a casement, he took out a quarry of glass, by ripping open the lead which inclosed and confined it. 1873 T. Hardy I. v. 83 The old Gothic quarries still remained in the upper portion of the large window at the end, though they had made way for a more modern form of glazing elsewhere. 1879 M. Oliphant I. iv. 61 This window was filled with old painted glass in silvery tinted quarries. 1913 F. S. Eden iv. 82 Round quarries, set close together in rows, are..formed in lieu of rectangular quarries. 1951 N. Pevsner (Buildings of Eng.) 87 Of the medieval church nothing remains but two late C15 pieces of stained glass, angels, surrounded by early C17 quarries with flowers. 1995 10 Medieval designs, one of stained glass quarries with floral motifs and one of foliate painted decoration. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials in specific shape or form > [noun] > square 1555 R. Eden tr. V. Biringucci Pyrotechnia in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 329 Al matters of hard compositions, as quarreys and stones. 1593 T. Nashe 68 In a verse, when a worde of three sillables cannot thrust in but sidelings, to ioynt him euen, we are oftentimes faine to borrowe some lesser quarry of elocution from the Latine. 1664 H. More 379 Lying not..as the quarries of a Pavement, but as the scales of Fishes. 1709 R. Steele No. 179. ⁋8 What Ground remains..is flagged with large Quarries of white Marble. 1736 W. Thomas 82 The Floor before the Altar seems to have been formerly paved with painted Quarries of Brick. 1818 T. Jefferson 26 Nov. (1997) II. 1349 A servt. shewing paving quarry at Suttle's. 25. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ I. ii. xvi. 307 Scoured deal, red quarries, and whitewash. 1886 D. C. Murray 75 Big square tiles, locally called ‘quarries,’ with which the parlour was floored. 1973 8 Mar. 8/6 Only ‘first quality’ quarries can be used externally without risk of delamination. 1996 (Nexis) 2 Feb. The ante-room..has red quarries on the floor and heavily plastered brick walls with no cracks. society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > crossbow bolt > [noun] 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso iii. xlix. 49 The shafts and quarries from their engins flie [It. E quasi innumerabile farete Tante saette à gli archi ministraro]. 1627 M. Drayton 20 Out of the Towne come quarries thick as haile. Compounds 1703 R. Neve 158 For taking down Quarry-glass, Scouring it..and setting up again, the usual Price is 1½d. per Foot. 1899 R. Glazier 98 ‘Quarry glass’, square or diamond in shape, with brown enamel details, was frequently used, where simple masses were desired. 1971 20 May 1248/1 I have had an estimate made..for filling all the nave and one chancel window with quarry glass of a very pleasing though simple kind. 2004 J. Cheshire ii. 48 Local glass-painters like John Toms..made good quarry glass. ?1881 (?1885) 87 Brick-, Tile-maker..Quarry Layer, Presser, Maker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † quarryadj.1Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French quaré, carré. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French quaré, quarré, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French carré (French carré , †quarré ) thickset, massive, solidly built (early 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman with reference to an inanimate object, beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman with reference to a person; now colloquial), square, squarish (c1170) < classical Latin quadrātus quadrate adj. (compare -y suffix5). Compare square adj., quadrate adj.Apparently attested slightly earlier as a surname, although it is unclear whether this should be taken as reflecting the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word:1296 in W. Hudson Three Earliest Subsidies Sussex (1910) 55 Alice Relicta le Quarye. Obsolete. the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > quadrilateral > square or rectangular > square c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 1382 in C. Horstmann (1875) 1st Ser. 46 He hath deuised..þat þis treo mot beo þus idiȝht, Faire bi hewe and sarre, At eiþur ende euene and quarre. c1380 (1879) 1072 (MED) Brode scholdres had he with-alle & brustes ful quarree. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 10146 Þat louh is here in þis cuntre, cornerd as a cheker quarre. (Harl. 221) 419 Quarry, thykk mann or womann, corpulentus, grossus. a1500 (?a1425) tr. (Lamb.) 92 Anoþer [plant]..whos braunche is quarre [a1500 Ashm. the rotes square]. 1575 G. Harvey (1884) 93 They are so quarry bigge and righte Babylonian like. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 499 To make his images of a quarry and square stature. 1611 R. Cotgrave Corpulent, grosse, big-bodied, quarrie, fat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). quarryadj.2 Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quar v.2, -y suffix1. Etymology: < quar v.2 + -y suffix1. Compare later quarred adj. Now Newfoundland and rare. the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [adjective] > coagulating > coagulated 1587 L. Mascall iii. 247 Put the fine powder of rozen into his codde, and that will drie vp the quarie bloud. 1638 D. Featley 76 You touch no soft flesh with your hand, nor quarrie blood with your lips. c1900 in (1978) 8 24 (gloss.) Quard or Quarry Ice, ice formed..from successive overfloes of water then frozen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † quarryv.1Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quarry n.1 Etymology: < quarry n.1On the β. forms see discussion at Q n. Obsolete. the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > teach to seize quarry c1450 (?a1400) (BL Add. 31042) 234 (MED) He quyrres [v.r. wharris] thaym [sc. falcons] and quotes thaym..Than henttis thaym one honde and hodes thaym ther-aftire. 1575 G. Turberville 121 At the beginning rewarde hir and feede hir well vpon the quarrey..When she is well in bloude, and well quarried, then let hir flee with other hawkes. 1618 S. Latham xxv. 117 Hauing a good make-Hawke, you shall wel quarrie her, and then she will bee worthy the accounting of. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine iii. iii, in (1647) sig. Hhv/1 'Tis pity Thou shouldst not be well quarred at thy entring, Thou art so high flown for him. 1688 R. Holme ii. xi. 240 Quarry..is the Fowl which the Hawk flyeth at, whether dead or alive, but it is taken especially for a flight, or the first flight of a Hawk, that is young: as first quarried, first entred to fly. 1773 J. Campbell v. 135 All hawks..prove bold or cowardly, according as they are first quarried or taught. the world > animals > by eating habits > [verb (intransitive)] > seek or kill prey the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (intransitive)] > seize quarry the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating by animals > feed on or forage for (of animals) [verb (transitive)] > prey upon 1628 O. Felltham xxi. 70 Shee quarries on the prey she meets withall. a1658 J. Cleveland (1677) 144 Can your Towring Spirit, which hath quarried upon Kingdoms, make a stoop at us? 1681 29 Mar. 2/1 Though Eagles do not quarry upon Flies. 1709 J. Collier ii. 39 He has quarryed upon the whole, and master'd the Men, as well as the Money. ?1765 N. Elliot 115 Such giddy Brains, wanton Boys,..wild Boars, Birds of Prey, that quarry upon all that Licentiousness and sensual Pleasure suggests to their Fancy. 1831 C. J. Ingersoll 9 Rome's eagle next shall quarry upon Ctesiphon, Yonder voluptuous and recreant capital, The end and recompense of our campaign. 1821 Ld. Byron (2nd issue) iii. ii. 90 Nor turn aside to strike at such a prey, Till nobler game is quarried. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). quarryv.2Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quarry n.2 Etymology: < quarry n.2 Compare earlier quarried adj.2, quarrier n.1 1. society > occupation and work > industry > quarrying > quarry (stone, etc.) [verb (transitive)] 1690 tr. G. Buchanan iv. 118 When the Earth is a little digg'd up, square Stones are quarried out [L. Terraque leuiter effossa quadrati lapides eruuntur], which the owners of the Neighbouring Countries use in Building their Houses. 1806 R. Forsyth III. 10 The osmund stone..is generally so soft, when lately quarried, that it may be cut with a chisel... It is used for ovens, furnaces, &c. 1853 E. K. Kane (1856) xxx. 258 We had to quarry out the blocks [of ice] in flinty, glassy lumps. 1872 J. Yeats 39 Higher up the river valley were quarried the massive syenite slabs used in the erection of their temples. 1936 F. Clune vii. 64 The mountain-sides near by are vast stores of black marble which is quarried out. 1969 M. Harris (1974) 10 The cottages in the village were built of Cotswold stone, roofed with grey stone slates quarried at Stonesfield. 2004 31 May 9/4 85 per cent of the Clipsham stone quarried at Stamford, Lincs, was new, as the original blocks were badly weathered. the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by care or effort > by exertion 1847 C. Dickens (1848) xiii. 121 He hurried into Mr. Dombey's room, stirred the fire, quarried fresh coals from the bowels of the coal box. 1860 M. F. Maury (ed. 8) x. §465 Materials which a certain kind of insect quarried from the sea water. 1914 E. Stewart xvii. 182 He had just begun to quarry a gigantic find. 1958 L. Durrell vi. 140 Were these words of Pursewarden's quarried from his own experience? 1975 29 Apr. 6/1 (advt.) Dick Wellstood, a subtle and inventive pianist, reproduced the raw materials..that the old-master pianists of the thirties and forties quarried their styles out of. 2006 (Nexis) 11 Oct. 85 He..produced doughty performances, quarried from passion that overrode the weakness of a veteran's legs. 2. society > occupation and work > industry > quarrying > quarry (stone, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > form quarry 1744 C. Smith viii. 156 By blowing up or quarrying the Rocks at the Sharps near that Place to give a deeper and better Vent to the Waters. 1789 J. Williams II. 7 Whinstone..is frequently too hard and strong to be commonly quarried for ruble-stones. 1847 R. W. Emerson 155 She ransacks mines and ledges, And quarries every rock. 1866 H. P. Liddon (1875) i. 34 The rocky hillside is no longer beautiful when it has been quarried. 1910 8 Sept. 4/5 A large building..is being systematically quarried for building stone. 1996 Mar. 46/1 There is an army of..civil service mandarins who will be quarrying every nook and cranny for political ammunition. 1999 Winter 84/1 In modern times the mound had been periodically quarried for tafla (desert clay) to make mud bricks. the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > glaciation > [verb (transitive)] > specific processes 1874 Aug. 179/1 The size of the blocks, their abundance along the line of dispersal, and the probable rate of motion of the glacier which quarried and transported them, form data by which..the rate of block denudation may be reached. 1909 43 264 Frequently the ice impact had been of such nature that a rock block had been quarried across the dominant joint structure. 1955 C. R. Longwell & R. R. Flint xii. 191 The bottom of the glacier breaks off blocks of bedrock and quarries them out, especially from surfaces unsupported on their downstream sides. 2000 J. Cinnamon (ed. 2) xvii. 264/1 These glaciers quarried the cliffs along planes of weakness and carried material down-ice. society > occupation and work > industry > quarrying > quarry [verb (intransitive)] 1848 C. Kingsley ii. xi. 135 Something did strike my heart..Which quarries daily there with dead dull pains. 1857 E. C. Gaskell I. ii. 21 Leaving the old plodding life of a landowner with small capital, he turns manufacturer, or digs for coal, or quarries for stone. 1876 L. Stephen 2nd Ser. v. 154 The industrious will find ample mines of waste paper in which they may quarry to their heart's content. 1932 J. Masefield 423 A hundred years ago they quarried for the stone here. 1989 12 May 517 Quarrying from rich but scattered sources for The Essential Wyndham Lewis, [she]..manages to build a remarkably adequate monument to Lewis's characteristic concerns. 1994 Autumn 28/2 The residents promptly quarried where they stood, digging out a maze of interlocked cellars and tunnels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † quarryv.3 Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quarry n.3 Obsolete. rare. 1851 T. H. Turner I. v. 246 To whitewash and quarry the King's chamber. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). <  n.1c1330n.2a1382 n.31537 adj.1c1300 adj.21587v.1c1450v.21690 v.31851 |
