unquarriedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɒrɪd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɒrɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwɔrid/ Not quarried; (of stone, ore, etc.) not excavated by quarrying; (of land, a rock face, etc.) not subject to quarrying. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.
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unquarried1788
1788 D. Gilson Serm. Pract. Subj. 19 The fragment of an useful Column, has more honour than the whole unquarried rock.
1861 H. H. Howell & A. Geikie Mem. Geol. Surv. Great Brit. xi. 116 It [sc. a greenstone dyke] may be traced into the South Mine lime quarry, where it thins away to a narrow vein adhering as a pellicle to the unquarried face of limestone.
1879 J. G. Holland Compl. Poet. Writings 284 The forms That sleep imprisoned in the snowy arms Of still unquarried truth, or stretch their hands At sound of sledge and drill and booming fire, Imploring for release.
1901 Daily News 21 Feb. 6/3 It was the work of a poetic pioneer in the unquarried rocks of daily life.
1965 Ulster Jrnl. Archaeol. 28 13 Next to these stones..is a massive boulder of dolerite, one of the two unquarried structural stones in the cairn.
2013 Kentish Express (Nexis) 17 Oct. Baker's Hole palaeolithic site at Swanscombe and Greenhithe..survives as two overgrown islands of unquarried land within a former chalk quarry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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