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quarrying en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The extraction of material from a quarry.
In 1765 only 80 men were employed, and the annual output of slates did not exceed 1,000 tons, and large-scale quarrying was not begun by Lord Penrhyn until 1782.
1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 138:
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(countable, uncountable) A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry.
Forms
quarrying en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of quarry