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quarry
quarry
n
Medieval L.
quareia
<
quadrāre
, to square (stones).
Cavern; man-carved cliff; extraction of rock; [fig.] tunnel; subterranean passageway; passage through a hill.
Mine; large mass of rock; open pit for stone excavation.