Bible Dictionaries
Quarry

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

(2):

(n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

(3):

(n.) 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).

(4):

(v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

(5):

(v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.

(6):

(n.) A heap of game killed.

(7):

(a.) Quadrate; square.

(8):

(n.) Same as 1st Quarrel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Quarry'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​q/quarry.html. 1828.