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QUARRY . (I) (Through Fr. from med. See also:Lat. quareia for quadraria; quadrare, to square or hew See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone), a See also:place from which stones are dug, the See also:term being usually confined to a place where such operation is carried on in the open See also:air, as opposed to a " mine " (see See also:QUARRYING). (2) (Through O. Fr. cuiree, cuir, skin, See also:leather, Lat. corium; cf. mod. Fr. curee, spoils), properly certain parts of a See also:deer or other beast of See also:chase given as a See also:reward to the hounds and placed upon the hide of the See also:animal, also parts of a See also:bird given similarly to a See also:hawk or falccn. The word is thus applied to the animal hunted or the bird killed by the hawk, and generally to any See also:object of the chase.
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