Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quarrying"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quarrying
n : the extraction of building stone or slate from an open
surface quarry
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