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Search phrase: quarry

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor I.i.196And let me use my sword, I'd make a quarryAnd let me vse my Sword, I'de make a Quarrie
HamletHam V.ii.358This quarry cries on havoc. O proud Death,His quarry cries on hauocke. Oh proud death,
King Edward IIIE3 IV.iv.18Shows like a silver quarry, or an orb,Shewes like a siluer quarrie, or an orbe
MacbethMac I.ii.14And fortune on his damned quarrel smilingAnd Fortune on his damned Quarry smiling,
MacbethMac IV.iii.206Were on the quarry of these murdered deerWere on the Quarry of these murther'd Deere

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Glossary

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birdobject of prey, quarry
chaseprey, game, victim, quarry
gamequarry, object of the chase
huntgame, quarry that has been killed
quarry[in hunting] heap of dead, pile of bodies
windstay downwind of a quarry [so as to maintain a scent]

Thesaurus

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downwind of a quarry, staywind
downwind of a quarry, stay wind
quarrybird
quarrychase
quarrygame
quarry that has been killedhunt

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
QUARRYBASICquarry n

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