(kwôr′ē, kwor′ē) noun plural ·ries
1. A beast or bird hunted, seized, or killed, as in the chase; game; prey: now chiefly poetical.
2. Anything hunted, slaughtered, or eagerly pursued.
3. Obs. A heap of slaughtered game. [<OF cuirée <L corium hide]

(kwôr′ē, kwor′ē) noun plural ·ries
An excavation from which stone is taken by cutting, blasting, or the like.
—v.t. ·ried, ·ry·ing
1. To cut, dig, or take from or as from a quarry.
2. To establish a quarry in. [<Med. L quareia, quareria <LL quadraria place for squaring stone <quadrare. See QUADRATE.]

(kwôr′ē, kwor′ē) noun plural ·ries
1. A square or lozenge.
2. A small square or lozenge–shaped pane of glass, tile, etc.
3. In archery, a quarrel. [<OF quarré <L quadratus. See QUADRATE.]