quarry

quarry
    n 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" [syn: {prey}, {quarry},
         {target}, {fair game}]
    2: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a
       British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: {pit},
       {quarry}, {stone pit}]
    3: animal hunted or caught for food [syn: {prey}, {quarry}]
    v 1: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a
         quarry; "quarry marble"
    

Quarry \Quar"ry\, v. i.
   To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. --L'Estrange.
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Quarry \Quar"ry\, n. [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F.
   carri[`e]re, LL. quadraria a quarry, whence squared
   (quadrati) stones are dug, fr. quadratus square. See
   {Quadrate}.]
   A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or
   ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes;
   a stone pit. See 5th {Mine}
   (a) .
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Quarry \Quar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarried}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Quarrying}.]
   To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
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Quarry \Quar"ry\, n. [OE. quarre, OF. quarr['e] square, F.
   carr['e], from L. quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a
   square. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Quarrel} an arrow.]
   Same as 1st {Quarrel}. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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Quarry \Quar"ry\, a. [OF. quarr['e].]
   Quadrate; square. [Obs.]
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Quarry \Quar"ry\, n.; pl. {Quarries}. [OE. querre, OF.
   cuiri['e]e, F. cur['e]e, fr. cuir hide, leather, fr. L.
   corium; the quarry given to the dogs being wrapped in the
   akin of the beast. See {Cuirass}.]
   1.
      (a) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to
          the hounds.
      (b) A heap of game killed.
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   2. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game;
      especially, the game hunted with hawks. "The stone-dead
      quarry." --Spenser.
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            The wily quarry shunned the shock.    --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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136 Moby Thesaurus words for "quarry":
      abysm, abyss, aim, avulse, bank, beasts of venery, big game,
      bonanza, bore, burrow, butt, by-end, by-purpose, chase, chasm,
      coal mine, colliery, cornucopia, cut out, delve, deracinate,
      destination, dig, dig out, dig up, diggings, dike, disentangle,
      draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, drill, drive, end, end in view,
      eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excavation, excise, exsect,
      extract, extricate, final cause, font, fount, fountain,
      fountainhead, furrow, game, get, get out, goal, gold mine, gouge,
      gouge out, groove, grub, grub up, gulf, headspring, headstream,
      headwater, kill, lode, lower, mainspring, mark, mine, object,
      object in mind, objective, obtain, open cut, opencast, pan,
      pan for gold, pick out, pit, pluck out, pluck up, prey, prize,
      prospect, pull, pull out, pull up, pursuit, quintain, rake out,
      reason for being, remove, resource, rip out, riverhead, root out,
      root up, sap, scoop, scoop out, scrabble, scrape, scratch, shaft,
      shovel, sink, source, source of supply, spade, spring, springhead,
      staple, take out, target, tear out, teleology, the hunted, trench,
      trough, tunnel, ultimate aim, unearth, unravel, uproot, vein,
      venery, victim, weed out, well, wellhead, wellspring, withdraw,
      workings, wrest out