noun.
A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry.
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noun.
the extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry
Word Usage
"Ancient Egyptian quarrying is seen under its most striking aspect among extensive limestone or sandstone ranges, as at Turra and Silsilis; but the process by which the stone was extracted can nowhere be more distinctly traced than at Assûan."