


quarry | Etymology, origin and meaning of quarry by etymonline
Quarry-faced, of building stones, is "rough-faced, as though taken right from the quarry" (1849). The word mine is generally applied to the excavations from which metals, metalliferous ores, and coal are taken ; from quarries are taken all the various materials used for building, as marble, freestone, slate, lime, cement, rock, etc.
