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nounPlural quarries ˈkwɒri A place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted. Example sentencesExamples - The whole philosophy of a stone quarry is to leverage out a wholesome material, free of cracks and other faults.
- Tarmac Northern Limted, which owns the quarry near Helwith Bridge, is seeking planning permission to extend its workings to the west of the existing site.
- The operators want to dig deeper seams within the quarry - up to 15 metres below the existing level.
- Three years after an Environment Court judge ordered a Pauatahanui quarry closed its owners are seeking to reopen it.
- The Castle's gardens lie in a dramatic ravine which was once a quarry, and are particularly pretty in autumn.
- The haul road will be used to ferry materials from the quarry to the beach for the construction of the breakwaters and related marine infrastructure.
- The owner objected that he was there first, indeed that stone from his quarry had built the foundations of the houses.
- The locality was described then as ‘being too rugged and is a quarry for a fine stone similar to that of Portland; there are also limestone quarries and a slate quarry’.
- The materials extracted from the quarries contain large quantities of fibrous amphiboles; these materials are used widely in the local building industry.
- He was a crack skier and mountaineer, whose strength had been built up breaking up stones in a limestone quarry during the war.
- He said: ‘We are only importing material into the quarry to restore it.’
- In recent years the area surrounding the original mine has been developed as a quarry for crushed stone.
- However, none of the stone taken from a quarry near Tadcaster used to construct Clifford's Tower has ever contained iron oxide.
- By day he was working in a limestone quarry, carrying buckets of stones on a yoke.
- The materials extracted from the quarries - used widely in the local building industry - contained large quantities of fibrous amphiboles.
- Two stones at the quarry in 1884 weighed eighteen tons each.
- Gravel pits, marl pits and stone quarries were also an early source of freight tonnage as was cement.
- Stancliffe Stone wants to re-open the quarries to extract the high-quality sandstone they contain.
- Further uphill is the planter's house, transformed into an interpretation centre built on the remains of a stone quarry discovered in 1966.
- It's a deep gorge carved out years ago to drain the limestone quarry into Lake Michigan.
verbquarrying, quarries, quarried ˈkwɒri [with object]1Extract (stone or other materials) from a quarry. limestone is quarried for use in blast furnaces Example sentencesExamples - The large blocks of relatively soft limestone could be quarried with hard stone tools.
- Lime was quarried in Rockland and shipped by rail to distant points, but this was an industry in decline.
- The basalt lava in particular has been, and is still being, extensively quarried for road aggregate in many large quarries on those mountains.
- We know that this metal was being quarried from the Mendips as early as 49, while extraction from the Flintshire mines of North Wales had begun by 74, and from Yorkshire by 81.
- It is clear that Wilfred's builders made no effort to quarry fresh stone for this edifice.
- Manor Stone is quarried on the land beside the Centre.
- The stone was quarried 30 miles away in Kilkenny and crafted in Stradbally, with much of the work being done by past pupils of Scoil Mhuire Fatima.
- Starting in the mid-fifteenth century, the decorative stone serpentine was quarried in many small mines in Zoblitz, near Marienberg in Saxony.
- Consequently, the foundation stone was quarried in Deadwood, and the sandstone for the walls came from nearby Hot Springs.
- Glass can be recycled indefinitely, helping the environment by reducing the amount of raw materials being quarried from the countryside, saving energy and helping to reduce global warming.
- The Chichén Itzá site is dotted with excavations, presumably locations where limestone was quarried for the various structures.
- This was why stone was not quarried in weather below twenty-two degrees Fahrenheit.
- As part of these efforts, prisoners dug sand for mortar, quarried building stone and mortar lime, and manufactured more than 1.2 million bricks.
- The mottled gray marble was probably quarried at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; the mantels in the less formal rooms are wooden.
- In fact, Liston says he felt relieved when his team discovered the fish's tail section was missing, having been quarried out during clay extraction work in the late 1980s.
- This is the largest stone ever quarried by man - nothing near its size exists in Greece, in the pyramids, or in Manhattan.
- In 1992, the height of the obsidian ‘rush’, seven companies were quarrying the stone in the area.
- ‘We used a base material that is quarried on the island, cement stabilised it and added an emulsion layer to bind the layers of material together,’ he said.
- When a stone is quarried using dynamite, the molecular structure is shattered, making the stone weak and destroying its life and sound.
- The characteristic solid grey limestone was quarried from the east face of the Rock of Gibraltar as well as being shipped across from a Spanish quarry outside Algeciras.
- Although it has been over 40 years since developers first wanted to quarry stone in the area, the sage of the superquarry began in 1991.
- The original stone was quarried in Mount Leinster and constructed in 1839.
- 1.1 Cut into (rock or ground) to obtain stone or other materials.
the hillside had been quarried for many years figurative the papers have been extensively quarried by historians Example sentencesExamples - He quarried major histories, previous biographical collections, and standard handbooks and directories.
- These volumes have been quarried by historians for decades for ‘shocking truths’ of ‘intolerable conditions’ of filth and depravity in early industrial towns.
- Extensive quarrying in Byzantine times has removed all evidence of earlier levels here, but topographically a main entrance into the temenos on Temple Hill in antiquity on this side makes the most sense.
- A central aim of the book is to explore what is Venetian about the Venetian domestic environment and its furnishings, and this calls for the extensive quarrying and analysis of textual materials.
- Morris kept a detailed diary, which French and American historians have quarried ever since portions of it were first published in 1832.
- The debate over the extension of quarrying close to the three Thornborough Henges - one of Britain's most important Neolithic sites - continues at a public meeting on Wednesday.
- At Endcliffe and Lees Cross near Stanton Moor and its Bronze Age monument The Nine Ladies, eco-warriors have dug a series of tunnels in a four-year campaign to prevent quarrying.
- The idea of mining Paritutu's bones was shelved, and quarrying continued at Fishing Rock.
- Heritage Action say science still cannot answer many of the questions about the earthworks, and they want a moratorium on quarrying near historic sites, until methods improve.
- If the extension is granted the area which is quarried will remain the same with no horizontal expansion or deepening beyond the existing permitted level.
- As quarrying expanded, it slowly encroached upon the Old Burial Ground, established by the Legislature in 1712.
- At a significantly later date the rock dome was quarried, and some of the phase 1 carvings were broken through.
- Protesters stood in groups below the towering tree-houses in the remote wooded area, talking about the death and continuing to express their determination to stop the hillside being quarried.
- The powdered basalt, granite and other volcanic rock is a by-product of quarrying and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of the material is lying unused around Scotland.
- On May Hill, earthworks tell of a long history including quarrying, charcoal burning and grazing.
- The long-running saga of whether quarrying is to be permitted at an historic Peak District beauty spot is set for a final showdown.
- The Chalk is, in its lower part, extensively quarried for cement.
- The scar created by quarrying the hillside is visible from a wide area, but working of the scar face is now completed and progress is being made below the level of surrounding land.
- Inside the pyramid Zozers burial chamber was quarried 25 meters below out of the rock beneath it.
- ‘They raised the concern that the quantity and quality of groundwater may be affected by quarrying activities,’ he said.
Derivatives noun ˈkwɒrɪə This included over £2,000 on materials, together with the wages of the 450 masons, 375 quarriers, and 1,800 other workmen employed, plus payment of the garrison. Example sentencesExamples - They were started by chalk quarriers a thousand years ago, and have sheltered citizens and soldiers in hard times ever since.
- Both bedding planes and joints are planes of weakness exploited by quarriers, and control the maximum block size that can be obtained from a stratum.
- At its peak it employed 50 quarriers but it went into decline in the 1940s.
- Such stones were useless to the early quarriers, although they would often take the specimens home as curiosities.
Origin Middle English: from a variant of medieval Latin quareria, from Old French quarriere, based on Latin quadrum 'a square'. The verb dates from the late 18th century. The quarry that yields stone comes ultimately from Latin quadrum ‘a square’. This is based on the idea that a quarry is a place where stones are squared, or cut into regular shapes, to make them ready for use in building. The other quarry, ‘a pursued animal’, is from Old French cuiree and based on Latin cor ‘heart’ (see cordial). In medieval deer-hunting the term referred to the deer's entrails, which were placed on the hide and given as a reward to the hounds. It could also be used to refer to a heap of deer carcasses piled up after a hunt, and so to a pile of dead bodies: ‘Then went they in haste to the quarry of the dead, but by no means could find the body of the King’ (John Speed, The History of Great Britain, 1611).
Rhymes Florrie, Laurie, lorry, Macquarie, sorry, whare nounPlural quarries ˈkwɒri 1An animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey. grouse are not an easy quarry for a hawk Example sentencesExamples - The overall aim of our work was to measure the size of the hunting economy and to see what would happen if hunting live quarry with dogs were to be banned.
- Numerous small packs of hounds were kept by people in all walks of life, as they rambled through the countryside pursuing their quarry.
- Secondly, a fox is not a recognised quarry for a bird of prey.
- Moreover, hunting is not a natural encounter between predator and quarry because, unlike animals, humans are responsible for their actions.
- The final gunshot strands the hunter and his quarry on opposing sides of mortality.
- Thorn's tracker knew when his quarry became the hunter.
- Hunters, unlike their quarry, have been slow to adapt to the new conditions.
- Yet, he was a skilled bear killer, and the shared proficiency of hunter and quarry added another level of compulsion to the stories.
- In Drag Hunting, a pack of hounds follows a scent laid by a human rather than pursuing a live quarry.
- One North Dakota émigré actually ‘rode the hounds’ with wolves rather than foxes as his quarry.
- Sheltered from the highway, on this trail, the footprint of a doe could still be seen, as when the locals pursued their quarry a thousand years ago.
- Thus the bracketing of hull and basketwork trap also instils notions of the fisherman and his catch, the hunter and his quarry, the slayer and the slain.
- Judging by the behaviour of birds, monkeys and deer, our quarry was certainly out there, probably sitting in the long grass and smiling to himself at human folly.
- That behavior really is an act, since the animal is easy quarry.
- Shown in cave paintings in France and Spain, these were a favourite quarry of Palaeolithic hunters, and were eventually hunted to extinction.
- At first the breed was known as the Lhasa terrier, though it is not and never was an earth dog, i.e., one that pursues its quarry underground.
- The ethical basis of all field sports is the same, be it hunting, shooting or fishing, in each case the quarry will be edible or a pest or perhaps, both.
- Pike fishing is a sport which attracts growing numbers of anglers, who pursue their quarry with a grim determination and will travel hundreds of miles to catch a record-sized fish.
- They had the ability to remorselessly pursue their quarry at a relentless pace, regardless of the mid-day sun.
- Yet, that's about how long falconry - the sport of flying birds of prey at wild quarry - has been around.
- 1.1 A thing or person that is chased or sought.
the security police crossed the border in pursuit of their quarry Example sentencesExamples - I'd hear a bird, follow the sound until I could see it, then flip feverishly through the field guide hoping to find a picture that would put a name to my quarry.
- But the author has kept his opening promise: His words have brought his elusive quarry to heel.
- One sign United have been piling less pressure on their quarry is that the penalty Van Nistelrooy scored against Tottenham recently was United's first in 11 months.
- Thai troops are on alert along the border to prevent invasions due by troops in hot pursuit of their quarry.
- Rangers also tried to swat McGeady, but found him an elusive quarry.
- There should be special provision in the international criminal court to protect their quarry from inhumane and unnatural persecution.
- A young man runs through a bizarre hotel in pursuit of an unseen quarry.
- Johnny will take a little ride to rehabilitate, not brutally punish, his quarry, who is, as usual, a fellow Italian-American.
- The man caught sight of his quarry atop the stairs, and made his way over to him.
- We're off to chase down our quarry so we can personally deliver his paid-for ticket to the Eastwood Rugby Club function centre this Saturday night.
- Grumbling over his quarry's escape, the storeowner stood, grabbed a broom, and immediately returned to a horizontal position.
- There's plenty of fun though, and hints of Buchan and Childers, as the trio pursue their quarry to Inverness, shadowed by some dodgy German-speaking monks.
- Getting back to the task at hand, he scooped visible wreckage away, wary of the glass shards and smiled in triumph as he spotted his quarry.
- It now appears that the description of someone jumping over the barriers could in fact have been of a police officer in pursuit of his quarry.
- In fact, Levin can spend years pursuing his quarry, often Corporate America.
- Almost absently, his attention focused on his quarry, placing the glass on the table he stood, and made his way toward her.
- This addition to weaponry technology could seek out its quarry by detecting the heat traces produced by a person's body.
- Any good detective knows his quarry and his limits.
- Accompanied by spindly psychic Matthew Lillard, he comes to a grisly end in pursuit of his latest quarry.
- In previous months, the same team of soldiers had launched 11 similar raids, sometimes reportedly missing their quarry by just a few hours.
Origin Middle English: from Old French cuiree, alteration, influenced by cuir 'leather' and curer 'clean, disembowel', of couree, based on Latin cor 'heart'. Originally the term denoted the parts of a deer that were placed on the hide and given as a reward to the hounds. nounPlural quarries ˈkwɒri 1A diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows. stained-glass quarries with floral motifs Example sentencesExamples - Amongst fragments set into the background of a fifteenth-century panel depicting St Mary Magdalen in the east chancel window are quarries with fragments of the Lovell rebus.
- The surviving 17th-century windows are all of wood with quarries of hand-blown glass in lead cames attached to iron saddle-bars.
- The window quarries have been replaced by plate glass.
2 short for quarry tile Example sentencesExamples - A staircase of red quarries led up to the second story.
- Only 'first quality' quarries can be used externally without risk of delamination.
- The ante-room has red quarries on the floor and heavily plastered brick walls.
Origin Mid 16th century: alteration of quarrel. noun A place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted. Example sentencesExamples - The haul road will be used to ferry materials from the quarry to the beach for the construction of the breakwaters and related marine infrastructure.
- Stancliffe Stone wants to re-open the quarries to extract the high-quality sandstone they contain.
- The Castle's gardens lie in a dramatic ravine which was once a quarry, and are particularly pretty in autumn.
- The materials extracted from the quarries - used widely in the local building industry - contained large quantities of fibrous amphiboles.
- Tarmac Northern Limted, which owns the quarry near Helwith Bridge, is seeking planning permission to extend its workings to the west of the existing site.
- However, none of the stone taken from a quarry near Tadcaster used to construct Clifford's Tower has ever contained iron oxide.
- The materials extracted from the quarries contain large quantities of fibrous amphiboles; these materials are used widely in the local building industry.
- It's a deep gorge carved out years ago to drain the limestone quarry into Lake Michigan.
- The whole philosophy of a stone quarry is to leverage out a wholesome material, free of cracks and other faults.
- He said: ‘We are only importing material into the quarry to restore it.’
- By day he was working in a limestone quarry, carrying buckets of stones on a yoke.
- The locality was described then as ‘being too rugged and is a quarry for a fine stone similar to that of Portland; there are also limestone quarries and a slate quarry’.
- Three years after an Environment Court judge ordered a Pauatahanui quarry closed its owners are seeking to reopen it.
- The operators want to dig deeper seams within the quarry - up to 15 metres below the existing level.
- In recent years the area surrounding the original mine has been developed as a quarry for crushed stone.
- Further uphill is the planter's house, transformed into an interpretation centre built on the remains of a stone quarry discovered in 1966.
- Two stones at the quarry in 1884 weighed eighteen tons each.
- He was a crack skier and mountaineer, whose strength had been built up breaking up stones in a limestone quarry during the war.
- Gravel pits, marl pits and stone quarries were also an early source of freight tonnage as was cement.
- The owner objected that he was there first, indeed that stone from his quarry had built the foundations of the houses.
verb [with object]1Extract (stone or other materials) from a quarry. limestone is quarried for use in blast furnaces Example sentencesExamples - The mottled gray marble was probably quarried at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; the mantels in the less formal rooms are wooden.
- The characteristic solid grey limestone was quarried from the east face of the Rock of Gibraltar as well as being shipped across from a Spanish quarry outside Algeciras.
- The stone was quarried 30 miles away in Kilkenny and crafted in Stradbally, with much of the work being done by past pupils of Scoil Mhuire Fatima.
- This is the largest stone ever quarried by man - nothing near its size exists in Greece, in the pyramids, or in Manhattan.
- The basalt lava in particular has been, and is still being, extensively quarried for road aggregate in many large quarries on those mountains.
- Lime was quarried in Rockland and shipped by rail to distant points, but this was an industry in decline.
- The original stone was quarried in Mount Leinster and constructed in 1839.
- Consequently, the foundation stone was quarried in Deadwood, and the sandstone for the walls came from nearby Hot Springs.
- As part of these efforts, prisoners dug sand for mortar, quarried building stone and mortar lime, and manufactured more than 1.2 million bricks.
- In fact, Liston says he felt relieved when his team discovered the fish's tail section was missing, having been quarried out during clay extraction work in the late 1980s.
- The large blocks of relatively soft limestone could be quarried with hard stone tools.
- The Chichén Itzá site is dotted with excavations, presumably locations where limestone was quarried for the various structures.
- It is clear that Wilfred's builders made no effort to quarry fresh stone for this edifice.
- This was why stone was not quarried in weather below twenty-two degrees Fahrenheit.
- When a stone is quarried using dynamite, the molecular structure is shattered, making the stone weak and destroying its life and sound.
- Starting in the mid-fifteenth century, the decorative stone serpentine was quarried in many small mines in Zoblitz, near Marienberg in Saxony.
- Although it has been over 40 years since developers first wanted to quarry stone in the area, the sage of the superquarry began in 1991.
- Manor Stone is quarried on the land beside the Centre.
- In 1992, the height of the obsidian ‘rush’, seven companies were quarrying the stone in the area.
- ‘We used a base material that is quarried on the island, cement stabilised it and added an emulsion layer to bind the layers of material together,’ he said.
- Glass can be recycled indefinitely, helping the environment by reducing the amount of raw materials being quarried from the countryside, saving energy and helping to reduce global warming.
- We know that this metal was being quarried from the Mendips as early as 49, while extraction from the Flintshire mines of North Wales had begun by 74, and from Yorkshire by 81.
- 1.1 Cut into (rock or ground) to obtain stone or other materials.
the hillside had been quarried for many years figurative the papers have been extensively quarried by historians Example sentencesExamples - At a significantly later date the rock dome was quarried, and some of the phase 1 carvings were broken through.
- The idea of mining Paritutu's bones was shelved, and quarrying continued at Fishing Rock.
- The long-running saga of whether quarrying is to be permitted at an historic Peak District beauty spot is set for a final showdown.
- Protesters stood in groups below the towering tree-houses in the remote wooded area, talking about the death and continuing to express their determination to stop the hillside being quarried.
- The Chalk is, in its lower part, extensively quarried for cement.
- Heritage Action say science still cannot answer many of the questions about the earthworks, and they want a moratorium on quarrying near historic sites, until methods improve.
- These volumes have been quarried by historians for decades for ‘shocking truths’ of ‘intolerable conditions’ of filth and depravity in early industrial towns.
- As quarrying expanded, it slowly encroached upon the Old Burial Ground, established by the Legislature in 1712.
- He quarried major histories, previous biographical collections, and standard handbooks and directories.
- Morris kept a detailed diary, which French and American historians have quarried ever since portions of it were first published in 1832.
- The powdered basalt, granite and other volcanic rock is a by-product of quarrying and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of the material is lying unused around Scotland.
- ‘They raised the concern that the quantity and quality of groundwater may be affected by quarrying activities,’ he said.
- Extensive quarrying in Byzantine times has removed all evidence of earlier levels here, but topographically a main entrance into the temenos on Temple Hill in antiquity on this side makes the most sense.
- The debate over the extension of quarrying close to the three Thornborough Henges - one of Britain's most important Neolithic sites - continues at a public meeting on Wednesday.
- Inside the pyramid Zozers burial chamber was quarried 25 meters below out of the rock beneath it.
- If the extension is granted the area which is quarried will remain the same with no horizontal expansion or deepening beyond the existing permitted level.
- A central aim of the book is to explore what is Venetian about the Venetian domestic environment and its furnishings, and this calls for the extensive quarrying and analysis of textual materials.
- On May Hill, earthworks tell of a long history including quarrying, charcoal burning and grazing.
- The scar created by quarrying the hillside is visible from a wide area, but working of the scar face is now completed and progress is being made below the level of surrounding land.
- At Endcliffe and Lees Cross near Stanton Moor and its Bronze Age monument The Nine Ladies, eco-warriors have dug a series of tunnels in a four-year campaign to prevent quarrying.
Origin Middle English: from a variant of medieval Latin quareria, from Old French quarriere, based on Latin quadrum ‘a square’. The verb dates from the late 18th century. noun 1An animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey. Example sentencesExamples - That behavior really is an act, since the animal is easy quarry.
- In Drag Hunting, a pack of hounds follows a scent laid by a human rather than pursuing a live quarry.
- The overall aim of our work was to measure the size of the hunting economy and to see what would happen if hunting live quarry with dogs were to be banned.
- Secondly, a fox is not a recognised quarry for a bird of prey.
- Moreover, hunting is not a natural encounter between predator and quarry because, unlike animals, humans are responsible for their actions.
- Shown in cave paintings in France and Spain, these were a favourite quarry of Palaeolithic hunters, and were eventually hunted to extinction.
- Thorn's tracker knew when his quarry became the hunter.
- Thus the bracketing of hull and basketwork trap also instils notions of the fisherman and his catch, the hunter and his quarry, the slayer and the slain.
- They had the ability to remorselessly pursue their quarry at a relentless pace, regardless of the mid-day sun.
- The final gunshot strands the hunter and his quarry on opposing sides of mortality.
- Sheltered from the highway, on this trail, the footprint of a doe could still be seen, as when the locals pursued their quarry a thousand years ago.
- Hunters, unlike their quarry, have been slow to adapt to the new conditions.
- Yet, that's about how long falconry - the sport of flying birds of prey at wild quarry - has been around.
- At first the breed was known as the Lhasa terrier, though it is not and never was an earth dog, i.e., one that pursues its quarry underground.
- One North Dakota émigré actually ‘rode the hounds’ with wolves rather than foxes as his quarry.
- Judging by the behaviour of birds, monkeys and deer, our quarry was certainly out there, probably sitting in the long grass and smiling to himself at human folly.
- Pike fishing is a sport which attracts growing numbers of anglers, who pursue their quarry with a grim determination and will travel hundreds of miles to catch a record-sized fish.
- Numerous small packs of hounds were kept by people in all walks of life, as they rambled through the countryside pursuing their quarry.
- Yet, he was a skilled bear killer, and the shared proficiency of hunter and quarry added another level of compulsion to the stories.
- The ethical basis of all field sports is the same, be it hunting, shooting or fishing, in each case the quarry will be edible or a pest or perhaps, both.
- 1.1 A thing or person that is chased or sought.
the security police crossed the border in pursuit of their quarry Example sentencesExamples - The man caught sight of his quarry atop the stairs, and made his way over to him.
- There's plenty of fun though, and hints of Buchan and Childers, as the trio pursue their quarry to Inverness, shadowed by some dodgy German-speaking monks.
- This addition to weaponry technology could seek out its quarry by detecting the heat traces produced by a person's body.
- But the author has kept his opening promise: His words have brought his elusive quarry to heel.
- I'd hear a bird, follow the sound until I could see it, then flip feverishly through the field guide hoping to find a picture that would put a name to my quarry.
- In previous months, the same team of soldiers had launched 11 similar raids, sometimes reportedly missing their quarry by just a few hours.
- There should be special provision in the international criminal court to protect their quarry from inhumane and unnatural persecution.
- Grumbling over his quarry's escape, the storeowner stood, grabbed a broom, and immediately returned to a horizontal position.
- Thai troops are on alert along the border to prevent invasions due by troops in hot pursuit of their quarry.
- A young man runs through a bizarre hotel in pursuit of an unseen quarry.
- Getting back to the task at hand, he scooped visible wreckage away, wary of the glass shards and smiled in triumph as he spotted his quarry.
- Accompanied by spindly psychic Matthew Lillard, he comes to a grisly end in pursuit of his latest quarry.
- Rangers also tried to swat McGeady, but found him an elusive quarry.
- One sign United have been piling less pressure on their quarry is that the penalty Van Nistelrooy scored against Tottenham recently was United's first in 11 months.
- Johnny will take a little ride to rehabilitate, not brutally punish, his quarry, who is, as usual, a fellow Italian-American.
- We're off to chase down our quarry so we can personally deliver his paid-for ticket to the Eastwood Rugby Club function centre this Saturday night.
- Any good detective knows his quarry and his limits.
- In fact, Levin can spend years pursuing his quarry, often Corporate America.
- Almost absently, his attention focused on his quarry, placing the glass on the table he stood, and made his way toward her.
- It now appears that the description of someone jumping over the barriers could in fact have been of a police officer in pursuit of his quarry.
Origin Middle English: from Old French cuiree, alteration, influenced by cuir ‘leather’ and curer ‘clean, disembowel’, of couree, based on Latin cor ‘heart’. Originally the term denoted the parts of a deer that were placed on the hide and given as a reward to the hounds. noun 1A diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows. stained-glass quarries with floral motifs Example sentencesExamples - Amongst fragments set into the background of a fifteenth-century panel depicting St Mary Magdalen in the east chancel window are quarries with fragments of the Lovell rebus.
- The window quarries have been replaced by plate glass.
- The surviving 17th-century windows are all of wood with quarries of hand-blown glass in lead cames attached to iron saddle-bars.
2 short for quarry tile Example sentencesExamples - Only 'first quality' quarries can be used externally without risk of delamination.
- A staircase of red quarries led up to the second story.
- The ante-room has red quarries on the floor and heavily plastered brick walls.
Origin Mid 16th century: alteration of quarrel. |