1mininglapid.geog.quarry, place from which stone is extracted:
(
c.1200;
MS: s.xiii3/4
)
Tut l'altre pople il
(=David) al mis en quarere Pur foir marbre e pur mener la piere
(B) 11785
(
MS: s.xiiim
)
Lores lur mustrai jo une dure quariere, E si lur dis: 'Ici de cest prendrez la piere [...]'
4558
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
lapidicine: (A) quarere
(var. (C: s.xiii/xiv) quarire; (H: s.xiiim) quariere; (Ra: s.xiii) quarrere)
i 238
(
1380
)
pur avoir licence de prendre peers en les quarrers a Herteford
ii 291
(
1406
)
plusours laborers preignantz et treyhantz ové lour dure labour peers et sclattes hors de diverses querrers en diverses countees deinz le roiaume
iii 591
(
MS: s.xiii/xiv
)
lapidarium: quarere de pere
ii 83.68
2mininglapid.stone extracted or extractable by quarrying:
(
1378
)
ferra le dit Johan debruser la dite quarrere et trovera calce et sabulon
457
quarrere (c.1200)