English-Thai Dictionary
quarry
N สัตว์ หรือ นก ที่ ถูก ล่า เหยื่อ sad-rue-nok-ti-tuk-la
quarry
N หิน หรือ กระเบื้อง รูป สี่เหลี่ยมจตุรัส tile slate hin-rue-kra-buang-rub-se-liam-jad-tu-rad
quarry
N เหมือง หิน เหมือง ระเบิด หิน เหมือง เจาะ หิน บ่อ หิน muang-hin
quarry
N เหมืองแร่ gold mine mine muang-rea
quarry
N เหยื่อ chase prey victim yuea
quarry
N แหล่ง อัน อุดมสมบูรณ์ bonanza eldorado treasury lang-aun-au-dom-som-buan
quarry
VT ขุด ได้ จาก เหมืองแร่ delve excavate drill kud-dai-jak-muang-rea
quarry
VT ทำ เหมือง หิน เจาะ หิน ระเบิด หิน ขุด หิน tam-muang-hin
quarry tile
N กระเบื้อง ปูพื้น kra-buang-pu-puean
quarryman
N คนงาน ขุด แร่ quarry kon-nang-kud-rea
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
QUARRY
n. 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 L. quaero.]
4. Among hunters, a part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
QUARRY
n.[I know not whether the original sense of this word was a pit or mine, from digging, or whether the sense was a place for squaring stone. L. curro. If the sense was a pit, it may be referred to the Heb. ] 1. 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.
2. In Paris, the quarries are a vast cavern under the city, several miles in extent.
QUARRY
v.i.To prey upon, as a vulture or harpy. [A low word and not much used. ]
QUARRY
v.t.To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
QUARRYING
ppr. Digging stones from a quarry.
QUARRYMAN
n.A man who is occupied in quarrying stones.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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. ]
Defn: Same as 1st Quarrel. [Obs. ] Fairfax.
QUARRY
Quar "ry, a. Etym: [OF. quarré.]
Defn: Quadrate; square. [Obs. ]
QUARRY
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.
QUARRY
QUARRY Quar "ry, v. i.
Defn: To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. L'Estrange.
QUARRY
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. ]
Defn: 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
Quar "ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Quarrying. ]
Defn: To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
QUARRY-FACED
QUARRY-FACED Quar "ry-faced `, a. (Stone Masonry )
Defn: Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.
QUARRY-MAN
Quar "ry-man, n.; pl. Quarrymen (.
Defn: A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quarry
quar ry 1 |ˈkwôrē, ˈkwä -ˈkwɔri | ▶noun ( pl. quarries ) a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted. ▶verb ( quarries, quarrying, quarried ) [ with obj. ] extract (stone or other materials ) from a quarry. • cut into (rock or ground ) to obtain stone or other materials. ORIGIN Middle English: from a variant of medieval Latin quareria, from Old French quarriere, based on Latin quadrum ‘a square. ’ The verb dates from the late 18th cent.
quarry
quar ry 2 |ˈkwɔri ˈkwôrē | ▶noun ( pl. quarries ) an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey. • a thing or person that is chased or sought: the security police crossed the border in pursuit of their quarry. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cuiree, alteration, influenced by cuir ‘leather ’ and curer ‘clean, disembowel, ’ of couree, based on Latin cor ‘heart. ’ Originally the term denoted the parts of a deer that were placed on the hide and given as a reward to the hounds.
quarry
quar ry 3 |ˈkwɔri ˈkwôrē | ▶noun ( pl. quarries ) 1 (also quarrel ) a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows. 2 (also quarry tile ) an unglazed floor tile. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. ( sense 2 ): alteration of quarrel 2, which in late Middle English denoted a lattice windowpane.
quarryman
quar ry man |ˈkwôrēmən, ˈkwär -ˈkwɔrimən | ▶noun ( pl. quarrymen ) a worker in a quarry.
Oxford Dictionary
quarry
quarry 1 |ˈkwɒri | ▶noun ( pl. quarries ) a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted. ▶verb ( quarries, quarrying, quarried ) [ with obj. ] extract (stone or other materials ) from a quarry. • cut into (rock or ground ) to obtain stone or other materials. DERIVATIVES quarrier noun ORIGIN Middle English: from a variant of medieval Latin quareria, from Old French quarriere, based on Latin quadrum ‘a square ’. The verb dates from the late 18th cent.
quarry
quarry 2 |ˈkwɒri | ▶noun ( pl. quarries ) an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey. • a thing or person that is chased or sought: the security police crossed the border in pursuit of their quarry. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French cuiree, alteration, influenced by cuir ‘leather ’ and curer ‘clean, disembowel ’, of couree, based on Latin cor ‘heart ’. Originally the term denoted the parts of a deer that were placed on the hide and given as a reward to the hounds.
quarry
quarry 3 |ˈkwɒri | ▶noun ( pl. quarries ) 1 a diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows. 2 (also quarry tile ) an unglazed floor tile. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in sense 2 ): alteration of quarrel 2, which in late Middle English denoted a lattice windowpane.
quarryman
quar ¦ry |man |ˈkwɒrɪmən | ▶noun ( pl. quarrymen ) a worker in a quarry.
American Oxford Thesaurus
quarry
quarry noun he would not allow his quarry to elude him: prey, victim; object, goal, target; kill, game.
Oxford Thesaurus
quarry
quarry noun he had no intention of allowing his quarry to elude him: prey, victim; the hunted; prize, object, goal, target, kill; wild fowl, game, big game.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
quarry
quar ry 1 /kwɑ́ri |kwɔ́ri /名詞 複 -ries C 1 (露天掘りの )石切場, 採石場 (→mine 2 ).2 豊かな供給源 ; 知識の源泉 .動詞 -ries ; -ried ; ～ing 他動詞 1 «…から » 〈石 〉を切り出す «from , out of » .2 …に石切場を作る ; «…を求めて » 〈場所 〉を掘る «for » .3 〈事実など 〉を苦心して捜し出す .自動詞 石を切り出す ; 捜す .
quarry
quar ry 2 名詞 複 -ries C 〖通例単数形で 〗(狩猟の )獲物 ; 追跡される人, 捜索目標 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary