quarried
adjective
- 1
Provided with quarry or prey.
verb
- 1
To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
- 2
To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.
“They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.”
verb
- 1
To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
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