The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quarry \Quar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Quarrying.] To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
Quarried \Quar"ried\, a. Provided with prey.
Now I am bravely quarried.
--Beau. & Fl.
Wiktionary
(context archaic English) Provided with prey. v
(en-past of: quarry)
WordNet
n. a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: prey, target, fair game]
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: pit, stone pit]
animal hunted or caught for food [syn: prey]
v. extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"
[also: quarried]
See quarry
Usage examples of "quarried".
Had not the Settignanese quarried, shaped and built the most enchanting city in all Europe: Florence?
It seemed that the boat and its precious cargo would sink to the bottom of the swollen Tiber, carrying with it thirty-four wagonloads of his best quarried marbles.
Cuccarello, the quarry owner, telling him that you are to have the biggest and purest block ever quarried in the Apuan Alps.
Since marble was quarried vertically, the topmost blocks were being pried out.
It seems that a number of them who have quarried blocks just for you fear they have cut too much and may have to idle the men.
Though some of the returning workers had complained about his driving them too hard, others praised him for the speed with which he had completed the road and extracted the first marble block ever quarried above Pietrasanta.
Kaji was walled with blocks of limestone quarried from the cliff against which it was built.