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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quarry \Quar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarried; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Quarrying.]
   To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

quarrying
    n 1: the extraction of building stone or slate from an open
         surface quarry