Quarry, 1) a place where stones are taken from rocks: Oth. I, 3, 141.
2) a heap of slaughtered game (Fr. curée): “I'ld make a q. with thousands of these slaves,” Cor. I, 1, 202. “fortune, on his damned q. smiling,” Mcb. I, 2, 14 (M. Edd. quarrel). “on the q. of these murdered deer,” IV, 3, 206. “this q. cries on havoc,” Hml. V, 2, 375.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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