quarry Wiktionary
Jun 11, 2019· (mining) A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate. Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the worldfamous quarry at Carrara. 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Vnlicenc'd , to the Parlament of England, London: [], OCLC, page 32: Yet theſe are the men cry'd out againſt for ...