quarry
noun
an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
unquarried
-
a word derived from
quarry.
Example Sentences
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Where larger rooms were excavated, pillars of stone were left unquarried to support the ceilings.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019
Both of them had strength below the surface; they were like quiet peasants owning enormous and unquarried mines.
From The Ball and the Cross by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
If he is not innocent as the day, he's as hard as unquarried marble.
From Initials Only by Anna Katharine Green
The granite for his monument lies unquarried nor is its erection needed.
From Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Harry A. Lewis
Again the little creature returns with another grain, which is laid beside the first, tight against it, and the builder once more disappears underground in search of more of these unquarried building stones.
From The New McGuffey Fourth Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
