[f. QUARRY sb.1]
† 1. trans. a. To teach (a hawk) to seize its quarry. b. To supply with a quarry (in quot. fig.).
1575. Turberv., Faulconrie, 121. At the beginning rewarde hir and feede hir well vpon the quarrey…. When she is well in bloude, and well quarried, then let hir flee with other hawkes.
1613. Beaum. & Fl., Captain, III. iii. ’Tis pity Thou shouldst not be well quarred at thy entr’ing Thou art so high flown for him.
1618. Latham, 2nd Bk. Falconry (1633), 117. Hauing a good make Hawke, you shall wel quarrie her, and then she will bee worthy the accounting of.
† 2. intr. To pounce or seize on, as a hawk on its quarry; to prey or feed on. Obs.
1627–77. Feltham, Resolves, I. xxi. 38. She quarries on the prey she meets withal.
a. 1658. Cleveland, Poems, To Protector (1677), 144. Can your Towring Spirit, which hath quarried upon Kingdoms, make a stoop at us?
1681. T. Flatman, Heraclitus Ridens, No. 9 (1713), I. 58. Though Eagles do not quarry upon Flies.
1709. Jer. Collier, Ess. Mor. Subj., IV. 39. He has quarryed upon the whole, and master’d the Men, as well as the Money.
3. trans. To hunt down or kill (a beast of chase).
1820. Byron, Mar. Fal., III. ii. 402. Nor turn aside to strike at such a prey, Till nobler game is quarried.
