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quarries
(encz) | quarries,hádky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
quarries
(encz) | quarries,lomy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Quarries
(gcide) | 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.
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2. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game;
especially, the game hunted with hawks. "The stone-dead
quarry." --Spenser.
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The wily quarry shunned the shock. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Quarries
(gcide) | 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.
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2. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game;
especially, the game hunted with hawks. "The stone-dead
quarry." --Spenser.
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The wily quarry shunned the shock. --Sir W.
Scott.
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