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Delf :: Delf (n.) A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch.

Quar :: Quar (n.) A quarry.

Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

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

Quarry :: Quarry (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)..

Quarrying :: Quarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarr.

Surbet :: Surbed (v. t.) To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry..

Scapple :: Scapple (v. t.) To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry..

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

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The act of a hawk, or other bird of prey, in seizing its quarry, and soaring with it into air..

Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..

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

Tip :: Tip (n.) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.

Openwork :: Openwork (n.) A quarry; an open cut.

Heugh :: Heugh (n.) A shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.

Quarry :: Quarry (a.) Quadrate; square.

Pelt :: Pelt (n.) The body of any quarry killed by the hawk.

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

Rubble :: Rubble (n.) Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash..

Quarry-man :: Quarry-man (n.) A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.

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