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Quarry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A square; as a quarry of glass. [Not in use.]

2. An arrow with a square head. [ See Quarrel . Not in use.]

3. In falconry, the game which a hawk is pursuing or has killed. [Perhaps from Latin quaero.]

4. Among hunters, a part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

5. A place, cavern or pit where stones are dug from the earth, or separated from a large mass of rocks. We generally apply the word mine to the pit from which are taken metals and coal; from quarries are taken stones for building, as marble, freestone, slate, etc.

6. In Paris, the quarries are a vast cavern under the city, several miles in extent.

Quarry [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To prey upon, as a vulture or harpy. [A low word and not much used.]

Quarry [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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

Quarry [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Quadrate; square.

Quarry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Same as 1st Quarrel.

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

3. A heap of game killed.

4. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

5. 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).

Quarry [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Quarry [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Quarry-faced [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.

Quarry-man [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.

Quarrying [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Digging stones from a quarry.

Quarrying [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Quarry

Quarryman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A man who is occupied in quarrying stones.

Quarrymen [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Intention Roget’s Thesaurus §620

N. intent, intention, intentionality, purpose, quo animo, project, undertaking, predetermination, design, ambition, contemplation, mind, animus, view, purview, proposal, study, look out, final cause, raison d'etre, cui bono, object, aim, end, "the be all and the end all", drift, tendency, destination, mark, point, butt, goal, target, bull's-eye, quintain, prey, quarry, game, decision, determination, resolve, fixed set purpose, settled purpose, ultimatum, resolution, wish, arriere pensee, motive, teleology

V. intend, purpose, design, mean, have to, propose to oneself, harbor a design, have in view, have in contemplation, have in one's eye, have in- petto, have an eye to, bid for, labor for, be after, aspire after, endeavor after, be at, aim at, drive at, point at, level at, aspire at, take aim, set before oneself, study to, take upon oneself, take into one's head, meditate, contemplate of, think of, dream of, talk of, premeditate, compass, calculate, destine, destinate, propose, project, have a mind to, desire, pursue

Adj. intended, intentional, advised, express, determinate, prepense, bound for, intending, minded, bent upon, at stake, on the anvil, on the tapis, in view, in prospect, in the breast of, in petto, teleological adv, intentionally, advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly, with intent, deliberately, with one's eyes open, in cold blood, for, with a view, with an eye to, in order to, in order that, to the end that, with the intent that, for the purpose of, with the view of, in contemplation of, on account of, in pursuance of, pursuant to, quo animo, to all intents and purposes

Phr. "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", sublimi feriam sidera vertice

Store Roget’s Thesaurus §636

N. stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage

V. store, put by, lay by, set by, stow away, set apart, lay apart, store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up, bank, cache, accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save, reserve, keep back, hold back, husband, husband one's resources, deposit, stow, stack, load, harvest, heap, collect, lay in store, keep, file, lay in, preserve

Adj. stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary

Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit