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English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From ML. quarreria (1266), literally a "place where stones are squared," from L. quadrare "to square"
Noun
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en-noun|quarries
- A site for mine|mining stone.
Translations
trans-top|site for mining stone
Dutch: steengroeve
Finnish: t|fi|louhos
French: carrière f
German: Steinbruch m
Italian: cava di pietra
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Portuguese: pedreira f
Romanian: carier� f
Serbian: kamenolom
Welsh: cloddfa f
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Verb
en-verb|quarries|quarrying|quarried
- To obtain stone from a quarry.
- figurative To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
#:She has quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.
Translations
trans-top|extract by long, tedious searching
Finnish: t|fi|louhia
German: ausgraben
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Etymology 2
From quirre "entrails of deer placed on the hide and given to dogs of the chase as a reward," from Anglo-French quirreie, from OF. cuiriee, altered (influenced by OF. cuir "skin," from L. corium "hide"), from corée "viscera, entrails," from VL. corata "entrails," from L. cor "heart."
Noun
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- An animal or bird which is hunted.
- An object of search or pursuit.
#*A state department website advertised a reward of up to $1m (£500,000) for the capture of its quarry, who was described as 5ft 11in (180cm) tall, with a pale complexion, "a moustache and a long, heavy beard that is starting to grey". - BBC News website, 27 April 2007
Translations
trans-top|animal or bird which is hunted
Dutch: prooi v of m
French: proie f
German: Beute f
Italian: cava di pietra
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Latin: praeda f
Portuguese: presa f
Romanian: vânat n
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References
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