quarries

A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.

“Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.”

To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.

To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

“They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.”

A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.

An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.

An object of search or pursuit.

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.