quarry English · revision 1017

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkwɒɹ.i/ ''(UK)''; /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ ''Quarry'' “prey” is [[inh|enm|quirre]], ''querre'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[bor|xno|quirreie]], from Old French ''cuiriee'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) altered under the influence of ''cuir'' “hide” from ''coree'' “entrails”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[der|la-vul|*corāta]], from [[la|cor|t=heart]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster and Random House derive it directly from ''cuir''.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) ''Quarry'' “stone pit” is [[inh|enm|quarey]], [[bor|la-med|quareia]], from ''quareria'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) from Old French ''quarriere'', from [[la|quadrum|t=a square]], literally a place where stones are squared.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Parts of a deer's entrails placed on the hide and given to the hounds as a reward (c. 1320).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The stone pit is recorded as a place name in 1266, and as a word before 1382.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The hunting word came to mean the bird flown at or killed by a hawk (1486),^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) then the beast pursued by hounds or hunters (1612),^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and figuratively any object of pursuit (1615).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995) The stone pit word gave the figurative sense “a rich source” and, in 1774, a verb, “to obtain stone from a quarry”,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) later “to extract by laborious searching” (1860).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1266 – the stone pit, as a place name.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * c. 1320 – the hounds' share of a deer.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * before 1382 – a stone pit.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1486 – the bird killed by a hawk.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1612 – the animal hunted.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1615 – any object of pursuit.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1774 – verb, to dig from a quarry.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An animal or bird that is hunted; [[prey]] or [[game]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Any object of pursuit or search.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An open pit from which stone, slate or similar material is taken by cutting, digging or blasting.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A rich or productive source.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A diamond-shaped pane of glass or a square tile.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To obtain (stone) from a quarry; to make a quarry in.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To extract (facts, for example) by long and careful searching.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[quarrier]]

+ * [[quarryman]]

+ * [[quarry tile]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quadrangle]]

+ * [[square]]

+ * [[cuirass]]

+ * [[quarrel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}