quarried
Speech parts
1. quarried - Adjective
2. quarried - Verb
Derived from quarry
Meaning
Provided with prey.
of Quarry
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On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by.
At this site, huge stones were quarried for purposes of governmental buildings in Second Temple Jerusalem.
A number of granite outcrops along the south coast have been quarried in the past, making for spectacular scenery and good rock-climbing.
Grey granite was quarried at Rubislaw quarry for more than 300 years, and used for paving setts, kerb and building stones, and monumental and other ornamental pieces.
Here men were dredging harbors, there they laid the deep foundations of a theatre, and quarried massive pillars..
Among them are the Leighton Buzzard memorial which is understood to have been formed from the largest single undressed granite block ever quarried in the UK, and the Old Basing war memorial in Basingstoke, which commemorates 25 local men.