QUARRIED

QUARRY

quarry

(verb) extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; “quarry marble”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

quarried (not comparable)

(archaic) Provided with quarry or prey.

Verb

quarried

simple past tense and past participle of quarry

Source: Wiktionary


Quar"ried, a.

Definition: Provided with prey. Now I am bravely quarried. Beau. & Fl.

QUARRY

Quar"ry, n. Etym: [OE. quarre, OF. quarré square, F. carré, from L. quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a square. See Quadrate, and cf. Quarrel an arrow.]

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

Quar"ry, a. Etym: [OF. quarré.]

Definition: Quadrate; square. [Obs.]

Quar"ry, n.; pl. Quarries. Etym: [OE. querre, OF. cuiriée, F. curée, 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.

2. 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.

Quar"ry, v. i.

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

Quar"ry, n. Etym: [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F. carrière, LL. quadraria a quarry, whence squared (quadrati) stones are dug, fr. quadratus square. See Quadrate.]

Definition: 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).

Quar"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Quarrying.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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