QUARRY

Same as 1st Quarrel. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Quadrate; square. [Obs.]

A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

A heap of game killed.

The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks. "The stone-dead quarry." Spenser. The wily quarry shunned the shock. Sir W. Scott.

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. L'Estrange.

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).

To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.