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Definition of Quarried

1. a. Provided with prey.

Definition of Quarried

1. Verb. (past of quarry) ¹

2. Adjective. (archaic) Provided with prey. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quarried

1. quarry [v] - See also: quarry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quarried

Literary usage of Quarried

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Although quarried in practically every Eastern State embracing the Appalachian Mountain system, from Maine to North Carolina, and in the States of ..."

2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"Philip Van de Bogart Lockwood was the most prominent producer of bluestone for many years after this, hauling the quarried product to the docks at Kingston ..."

3. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"At their feet the precipice where the limestone was quarried ai Below was a jumble of hills and tiny villages — Mati Ambergate, Stoney Middleton. ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1846)
"... dug or quarried; at any rate, we do not think that this pro- vision so clearly indicates the intention of the legislature to limit the proper meaning of ..."

5. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by Dennis Hart Mahan (1873)
"This stone ia a sulphate of lime, and has received its name from the extensive use made of it at Paris, and in its neighborhood, where it is quarried and ..."

6. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"It is extensively fuund in the Malwa uplands, and is well exposed at Agar. Coralline limestone, a good building stone, is quarried at ..."

7. Wharves and Piers: Their Design, Construction, and Equipment by Carleton Greene (1917)
"quarried Stone Walls. — In some places where quarried stone is cheap and the bottom hard and reliable this material may be used economically. ..."

8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"Midland abounds in superior granites, which »re extensively quarried near Richmond and Petersburg ; in the best of slates for roofing and other purposes, ..."

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