quarry

1. A site for mining stone, limestone, or slate.

   Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.

1. To obtain (or mine) stone by extraction from a quarry.
2. To extract or slowly obtain by long, tedious searching.

   They quarried out new, interesting facts about ancient Egypt from old papyri.

1. A part of the entrails of a hunted animal, given to the hounds as a reward.
2. An animal, often a bird or mammal, which is hunted.
3. An object of search or pursuit.

verb

To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.

noun

A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.