quarry
ਖੁਦਾਈ
definition
verb
As part of these efforts, prisoners dug sand for mortar, quarried building stone and mortar lime, and manufactured more than 1.2 million bricks.
extract (stone or other materials) from a quarry.
noun
The materials extracted from the quarries - used widely in the local building industry - contained large quantities of fibrous amphiboles.
a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted.
Moreover, hunting is not a natural encounter between predator and quarry because, unlike animals, humans are responsible for their actions.
an animal pursued by a hunter, hound, predatory mammal, or bird of prey.
example
This addition to weaponry technology could seek out its 'quarry' by detecting the heat traces produced by a person's body.
Grumbling over his 'quarry' 's escape, the storeowner stood, grabbed a broom, and immediately returned to a horizontal position.
In previous months, the same team of soldiers had launched 11 similar raids, sometimes reportedly missing their 'quarry' by just a few hours.
Rangers also tried to swat McGeady, but found him an elusive 'quarry' .
Johnny will take a little ride to rehabilitate, not brutally punish, his 'quarry' , who is, as usual, a fellow Italian-American.
Judging by the behaviour of birds, monkeys and deer, our 'quarry' was certainly out there, probably sitting in the long grass and smiling to himself at human folly.
At the back of the house, the kitchen is fitted with country-style presses, a Belfast sink and 'quarry' floor tiles.
Hunters, unlike their 'quarry' , have been slow to adapt to the new conditions.
Behind this is a compact kitchen with large 'quarry' floor tiles and white tiled walls.
It is clear that Wilfred's builders made no effort to 'quarry' fresh stone for this edifice.
He was a crack skier and mountaineer, whose strength had been built up breaking up stones in a limestone 'quarry' during the war.
Pike fishing is a sport which attracts growing numbers of anglers, who pursue their 'quarry' with a grim determination and will travel hundreds of miles to catch a record-sized fish.
Numerous small packs of hounds were kept by people in all walks of life, as they rambled through the countryside pursuing their 'quarry' .
Yet, that's about how long falconry - the sport of flying birds of prey at wild 'quarry' - has been around.
a limestone 'quarry'
Thorn's tracker knew when his 'quarry' became the hunter.
That behavior really is an act, since the animal is easy 'quarry' .
Three years after an Environment Court judge ordered a Pauatahanui 'quarry' closed its owners are seeking to reopen it.
Any good detective knows his 'quarry' and his limits.
Getting back to the task at hand, he scooped visible wreckage away, wary of the glass shards and smiled in triumph as he spotted his 'quarry' .
the security police crossed the border in pursuit of their 'quarry'
A young man runs through a bizarre hotel in pursuit of an unseen 'quarry' .
It retains its original 'quarry' floor tiles, which continue through to the adjoining kitchen, as well as ceiling plasterwork.
Secondly, a fox is not a recognised 'quarry' for a bird of prey.
Accompanied by spindly psychic Matthew Lillard, he comes to a grisly end in pursuit of his latest 'quarry' .
The whole philosophy of a stone 'quarry' is to leverage out a wholesome material, free of cracks and other faults.
In Drag Hunting, a pack of hounds follows a scent laid by a human rather than pursuing a live 'quarry' .
By day he was working in a limestone 'quarry' , carrying buckets of stones on a yoke.
This has original 'quarry' floor tiling and an open brick fireplace.
I'd hear a bird, follow the sound until I could see it, then flip feverishly through the field guide hoping to find a picture that would put a name to my 'quarry' .
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