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quarry

/ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/ noun C2
  1. A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.

Plural quarries

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“My quarry.
The Jungle Book, p. 5 · B2
A steep, boulder-sprinkled hill lay upon the right which had in bygone days been cut into a granite quarry.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 80 · C1
There, fearing that perhaps I had come in the wrong direction after all, I mounted a hill from which I could command a view—the same hill which is cut into the dark quarry.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 107 · C1

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