Found 2 items, similar to Quarries.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: quarry quarry n 1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; “he fell prey to muggers”; “everyone was fair game”; “the target of a manhunt” [syn: prey, target, fair game] 2: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: pit, stone pit ] 3: animal hunted or caught for food [syn: prey] v : extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; “quarry marble” [also: quarried]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Quarries Quarry \Quar"ry\, n.; pl. Quarries. [OE. querre, OF. cuiri['e]e, F. cur['e]e, 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks. “The stone-dead quarry.” --Spenser. [1913 Webster] The wily quarry shunned the shock. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]