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Quarry :: Quarry (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks..

Pitch-faced :: Pitch-faced (a.) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced..

Delf :: Delf (n.) A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.

Quar :: Quar (n.) A quarry.

Quarry :: Quarry (n.) Same as 1st Quarrel.

Surbet :: Surbed (v. t.) To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry..

Tip :: Tip (n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

Openwork :: Openwork (n.) A quarry; an open cut.

Quarrier :: Quarrier (n.) A worker in a stone quarry.

Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

Jumper :: Jumper (n.) A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen.

Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..

Quarrying :: Quarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarr.

Quarry :: Quarry (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble..

Heugh :: Heugh (n.) A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.

Scapple :: Scapple (v. t.) To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry..

Quarrymen :: Quarrymen (pl. ) of Quarry-ma.

Pelt :: Pelt (n.) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.

Quarry :: Quarry (n.) A heap of game killed.

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air..

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