Definition of Quarryings

1. Noun. (plural of quarrying) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quarryings

1. quarrying [n] - See also: quarrying

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quarryings

quarriable
quarried
quarrier
quarriers
quarries
quarrion
quarrions
quarrons
quarronses
quarry
quarry-faced
quarry light
quarry tile
quarry water
quarrying
quarryings (current term)
quarrylike
quarryman
quarrymen
quart
quart-pot
quart-pots
quartal
quartan
quartan fever
quartan malaria
quartan parasite
quartane
quartans
quartation

Literary usage of Quarryings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Archaic England: An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory from Megalithic by Harold Bayley (1920)
"... at Fair Head, near The Giant's Causeway, disclosed prehistoric quarryings together with stone hammers "of the rudest and most ancient form ". ..."

2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1850)
"At the top of this, towards the north end, are some old quarryings, about which the plant grows in profusion : it also occurs towards the southern end of ..."

3. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1850)
"At the top of this, towards the north end, are some old quarryings, about which the plant grows in profusion : it also occurs towards the southern end of ..."

4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... and led, it is said, to those Friedrich studies, extensive faithful quarryings in that vast wilderness of sliding shingle and chaotic boulders. ..."

5. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... extensive faithful quarryings in that vast wilderness of sliding shingle and chaotic boulders. ' Coffee follows this despatch of Eichel and Consorts; ..."

6. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1864)
"... those Friedrich studies, extensive faithful quarryings in that vast wilderness of sliding shingle and chaotic boulders. ' Coffee follows this despatch ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1895)
"... suggested by what I had seen : What lights had the Indians used in their distant and dangerous wanderings and their prolonged quarryings in the cave? ..."

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