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"word": "quarry car"
},
{
"word": "quarry-faced"
},
{
"word": "quarrylike"
},
{
"word": "quarryman"
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{
"word": "quarry water"
}
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{
"text": "Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.",
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"ref": "1670, Francis Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [Francis Bacon], “Century V”, in Sylva Sylvarum, or, A Natural History, in Ten Centuries. Whereunto is Newly Added, the History Natural and Experimental of [Life] and Death, or of the Prolongation of Life. Published after the Authors Death. By William Rawley, Doctor in Divinity, One of His Majesties Chaplains. Whereunto is Added Articles of Inquiry, Touching Metals and Minerals. And the New Atlantis. As also the Life of the Right Honorable Francis Bacon, Never Added to this Book before. [...] With an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Things Contained in the Ten Centuries, 9th and last edition, London: Printed by J[ohn] R[edmayne] for William Lee, and are to be sold by George Sawbridg [et al.], →OCLC, paragraph 850, page 183",
"text": "There have been found certain Cements under Earth, that are very ſoft, and yet taken forth into the Sun, harden as hard as Marble: There are alſo ordinary Quarries in Sommerſet-shire, which in the Quarry cut ſoft to any bigneſs, and in the Building prove firm, and hard.",
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"(mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate."
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maqlaʕ",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مَقْلَع"
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"roman": "kʻarhankʻ",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "քարհանք"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "karxana"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kamenolómna",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kyaukmuing:",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "ကျောက်မိုင်း"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
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"word": "pedrera"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "採石場"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cǎishíchǎng",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "采石场"
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{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "stenbrud"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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"word": "steengroeve"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "ŝtonejo"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "ŝtonminejo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "karjäär"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "murd"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "grótbrot"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "louhos"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carrière"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "canteira"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedreira"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "kvis samṭexlo",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "ქვის სამტეხლო"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳarieri",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "კარიერი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Steinbruch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "latomeío",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "λατομείο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ntamári",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "νταμάρι"
},
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"roman": "lithotomía",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
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"sense": "site for mining stone",
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"word": "μέταλλον"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "makhtzavá",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַחְצָבָה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "kőbánya"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grjótnáma"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "tambang"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cairéal"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cava di pietra"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cava"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tas qaşalğan oryn",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "тас қашалған орын"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chaeseokjang",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "채석장"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "lapicīdīnae"
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "akmeņlauztuve"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Broch"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kamenolóm",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "каменоло́м"
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{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "kuari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "rua kerikeri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "rua kerikeri kōwhatu"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "steinbrudd"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "steinbrot"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "ma'dan",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "معدن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "kamieniołom"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedreira"
},
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carieră"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "каменоло́мня"
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{
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cantera"
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "kware"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"topics": [
"stone",
"masonry",
"construction",
"manufacturing",
"business"
],
"word": "stenbrott"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kalkbrott (limestone)"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "slate",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "skifferbrott"
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"neuter"
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"word": "brott"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "tibagan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "maden"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "taş ocağı"
},
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],
"word": "каменоло́мня"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kamenjárnja",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "каменя́рня"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "site for mining stone",
"word": "mỏ đá"
},
{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "site for mining stone",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cloddfa"
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{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "site for mining stone",
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],
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"ref": "1794, James Donaldson, “Miscellaneous Observations and Hints for Improvement”, in General View of the Agriculture of the County of Elgin or Moray, Lying between the Spey and the Findhorn; including Part of Strathspey, in the County of Inverness. With Observations on the Means of Its Improvement, … Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, London: Printed by C. Clarke, →OCLC, page 34",
"text": "The incloſing of this country might alſo be effected, were the landlord to quarry the ſtones, and build the walls at his expence, and the tenant to carry the materials, and pay intereſt for the money advanced by the landlord.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1847, George C. Furber, chapter IV, in The Twelve Months Volunteer; or, Journal of a Private in the Tennessee Regiment of Cavalry, in the Campaign in Mexico, 1846–7 … Engravings from Drawings by the Author, Cincinnati, Oh.: J. A. & U. P. James, →OCLC; republished as The Twelve Months Volunteer: Journal of a Private in the Tennessee Regiment of Cavalry (Applewood's Military History Series), Bedford, Mass.: Applewood Publishers, 2009, page 150",
"text": "The stone of which this town and church was built, is somewhat of the nature of \"rotten limestone,\"—is quite light in color,—quarries out regularly and easily,—is soft, when first quarried, but becomes hard on exposure to the air.",
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"ref": "1999, Stephen A. Aron, “‘The Poor Men to Starve’: The Lives and Times of Workingmen in Early Lexington”, in Craig Thompson Friend, editor, The Buzzel about Kentuck: Settling the Promised Land, Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, page 175",
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"ref": "1927, Vernon Louis Parrington, The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America: 1860–1920 (Main Currents in American Thought; III), New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace, →OCLC; republished as Bruce Brown, “Introduction to the Transaction Edition”, in The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2013",
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"word": "quarry tile"
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"ref": "1615, Anthony Nixon, The Scovrge of Corruption. Or A Crafty Knave Needs No Broker, London: Printed at London, for Henry Gosson, and William Houlmes, and are to be sold at his shop in Popes-head Pallace, →OCLC, page 20",
"text": "The boyes playing at ſtooleball, by chaunce broke a quarry of the glaſſe, whereupon he complayned to the Towneſhip, and either had, or did his utmoſt to haue the poor boy whipt, […]",
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"ref": "1767 April, “a pen” [pseudonym], “The Adventures of a Pen”, in William Phorson, editor, The Berwick Museum, or, Monthly Literary Intelligencer. Being a View of the History, Politics, and Literature of the Times. Forming an Universal Repository of Amusement and Instruction, volume III, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberlnd: Printed by W. Phorson, →OCLC, page 155",
"text": "A window towards the eaſt (whoſe fractured quarries proclaimed the ravages of time) admitted a dim, ſhadowy light, over the whole manſion.",
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