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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quarre(y, Quar(r)ie, n. [e.m.E. quarry, -ie, quarey(e, late ME quar(r)ey (c1420), querry.] A quarry. = Quar(r)el(l n.2. Also quarie-work. —1591 Crawford Mining P. i.
Payand ȝearlie … for the saidis quarreys liberties and priuilegis forsaidis 1592 Ib. vii 3 Sept.
All and haill the quarreis … lyand betuix [etc.] 1630-1651 Gordon Geneal. Hist. 6.
Ther is a fyn quarrie of lym-stone at Golspie-More 1680 Inverness Rec. II 284.
Quariesattrib. 1683–90 Soc. Ant. LIV 244.
For mason and quarie work wrought by him and his men
