quarryingn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒrɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɔriɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quarry v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < quarry v.² + -ing suffix¹.

The action or process of quarry v.² (in various senses). Also: †a piece broken off from material extracted from a quarry (obsolete rare).

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society > occupation and work > industry > quarrying > [noun]

quarrying1723

1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata 5 To this also we may add the quarrying and carrying off of Stones from the rocky Banks of it.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Quarryings, pieces that are broken off from the different materials that are wrought in quarries.

1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xiii. 272 On first commencing our quarrying labours.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Orchard in Poems & Ballads 33 No quarrying now the corner-stone is hewn.

1904 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 12 574 The glacier will be efficient as the agent for débris removal; the result, therefore, must be quarrying and excavation.

1969 D. J. Easterbrook Princ. Geomorphol. xvi. 314 Storm waves are especially effective where rocks along the shore are highly jointed or bedded, and are thus vulnerable to quarrying.

1993 E. Harland Eco-renovation iv. 198 Its embodied energy costs are variable, depending on the ease of quarrying and transportation.

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 15 Feb. a8/5 The HMX..had been transferred for use in the production of industrial explosives,..as a booster for explosives used in quarrying.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quarrying
释义	quarryingn. Brit. /ˈkwɒrɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkwɔriɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quarry v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < quarry v.² + -ing suffix¹. The action or process of quarry v.² (in various senses). Also: †a piece broken off from material extracted from a quarry (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > quarrying > [noun] quarrying1723 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata 5 To this also we may add the quarrying and carrying off of Stones from the rocky Banks of it. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Quarryings, pieces that are broken off from the different materials that are wrought in quarries. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xiii. 272 On first commencing our quarrying labours. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Orchard in Poems & Ballads 33 No quarrying now the corner-stone is hewn. 1904 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 12 574 The glacier will be efficient as the agent for débris removal; the result, therefore, must be quarrying and excavation. 1969 D. J. Easterbrook Princ. Geomorphol. xvi. 314 Storm waves are especially effective where rocks along the shore are highly jointed or bedded, and are thus vulnerable to quarrying. 1993 E. Harland Eco-renovation iv. 198 Its embodied energy costs are variable, depending on the ease of quarrying and transportation. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 15 Feb. a8/5 The HMX..had been transferred for use in the production of industrial explosives,..as a booster for explosives used in quarrying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1723
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