Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - quarry
Quarry
quarry
1. n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its bed. 2 a place from which stone etc. may be extracted. 3 a source of information, knowledge, etc. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 tr. extract (stone) from a quarry. 2 tr. extract (facts etc.) laboriously from books etc. 3 intr. laboriously search documents etc. Etymology: ME f. med.L quare(r)ia f. OF quarriere f. L quadrum square 2. n. (pl. -ies) 1 the object of pursuit by a bird of prey, hounds, hunters, etc. 2 an intended victim or prey. Etymology: ME f. AF f. OF cuiree, couree (assim. to cuir leather and curer disembowel) ult. f. L cor heart: orig. = parts of deer placed on hide and given to hounds 3. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows. 2 (in full quarry tile) an unglazed floor-tile. Etymology: a later form of QUARREL(2) in the same sense
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I. noun (plural quarries) see: cuirass Date: 14th century a heap of the game killed in a hunt, game, one that is sought or pursued ; prey, II. noun (plural quarries) Etymology: Middle English quarey, alteration of quarrere, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *quadraria, from Late Latin quadrus hewn (literally, squared) stone, from Latin quadrum square Date: 14th century an open excavation usually for obtaining building stone, slate, or limestone, a rich source, III. verb (quarried; ~ing) Date: 1774 transitive verb to dig or take from or as if from a ~ , to make a ~ in , intransitive verb to delve in or as if in a ~, IV. noun (plural quarries) Etymology: alteration of 1quarrel Date: 1555 a diamond-shaped pane of glass, stone, or tile ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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