Quarrying

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  quarrying
       n : the extraction of building stone or slate from an open
           surface quarry