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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quarry n a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" Synonym(s): prey, quarry, target, fair game a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" Synonym(s): pit, quarry, stone pit animal hunted or caught for food Synonym(s): prey, quarry v extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
queer adj beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" Synonym(s): curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular homosexual or arousing homosexual desires Synonym(s): gay, queer, homophile(a) n offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf] v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" Synonym(s): thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position Synonym(s): queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
query n an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present" Synonym(s): question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation Antonym(s): answer v pose a question Synonym(s): question, query
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quira n hard heavy red wood of a quira tree [syn: Panama redwood, quira] any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quire n a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quair \Quair\, n. [See 3d {Quire}.] A quire; a book. [Obs.] [bd]The king's quhair.[b8] --James I. (of Scotland).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quar \Quar\, n. A quarry. [Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarry \Quar"ry\, v. i. To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy. --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarry \Quar"ry\, n. [OE. quarrere, OF. quariere, F. carri[8a]re, LL. quadraria a quarry, whence squared (quadrati) stones are dug, fr. quadratus square. See {Quadrate}.] A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th {Mine} (a) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarry \Quar"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarrying}.] To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarry \Quar"ry\, n. [OE. quarre, OF. quarr[82] square, F. carr[82], from L. quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a square. See {Quadrate}, and cf. {Quarrel} an arrow.] Same as 1st {Quarrel}. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarry \Quar"ry\, a. [OF. quarr[82].] Quadrate; square. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarry \Quar"ry\, n.; pl. {Quarries}. [OE. querre, OF. cuiri[82]e, F. cur[82]e, fr. cuir hide, leather, fr. L. corium; the quarry given to the dogs being wrapped in the akin of the beast. See {Cuirass}.] 1. (a) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds. (b) A heap of game killed. 2. The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks. [bd]The stone-dead quarry.[b8] --Spenser. The wily quarry shunned the shock. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queer \Queer\, v. t. [From {Queer}, a.] 1. To puzzle. [Prov. Eng. or Slang] 2. To ridicule; to banter; to rally. [Slang] 3. To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queer \Queer\, n. Counterfeit money. [Slang] {To shove the queer}, to put counterfeit money in circulation. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Queer \Queer\, a. [Compar. {Queerer}; superl. {Queerest}.] [G. quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf. querkopf a queer fellow), {OHG}. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to D. dvars, AS, [thorn]weorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel. [thorn]verr thwart, transverse, Goth. [thorn]wa[8d]rhs angry, and perh. to L. torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf. {Torture}, {Through}, {Thwart}, a.] 1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. [bd] A queer look.[b8] --W. Irving. 2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Querry \Quer"ry\, n. A groom; an equerry. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Query \Que"ry\, n.; pl. {Queries}. [L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search for, to ask, inquire. Cf. {Acquire}, {Conquer}, {Exquisite}, {Quest}, {Require}.] 1. A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others. --Sir I. Newton. 2. A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity. 3. An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Query \Que"ry\, v. i. 1. To ask questions; to make inquiry. Each prompt to query, answer, and debate. --Pope. 2. To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Query \Que"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Queried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Querying}.] 1. To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact. 2. To address questions to; to examine by questions. 3. To doubt of; to regard with incredulity. 4. To write [bd] query[b8] (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See {Qu[91]re}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quire \Quire\, n. See {Choir}. [Obs.] --Spenser. A quire of such enticing birds. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quire \Quire\, v. i. To sing in concert. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quire \Quire\, n. [OE. quaer, quair, OF. quayer, cayer, ca[8b]er, F. cahier, a book of loose sheets, a quarter of a quire, LL. quaternus, quaternum, sheets of paper packed together, properly, four together, fr. L. quaterni four each, by fours, quattuor, four. See {Four} and cf. {Cahier}.] A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choir \Choir\, n. [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. ch[d2]ur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. [?], orig. dancing place; prob. akin to [?] inclosure, L. hortus garden, and E. yard. See {Chorus}.] 1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also {quire}.] 2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers. 3. (Arch.) The chancel. {Choir organ} (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir. {Choir screen}, {Choir wall} (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. {Choir service}, the service of singing performed by the choir. --T. Warton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quire \Quire\, n. See {Choir}. [Obs.] --Spenser. A quire of such enticing birds. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quire \Quire\, v. i. To sing in concert. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quire \Quire\, n. [OE. quaer, quair, OF. quayer, cayer, ca[8b]er, F. cahier, a book of loose sheets, a quarter of a quire, LL. quaternus, quaternum, sheets of paper packed together, properly, four together, fr. L. quaterni four each, by fours, quattuor, four. See {Four} and cf. {Cahier}.] A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Choir \Choir\, n. [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. ch[d2]ur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. [?], orig. dancing place; prob. akin to [?] inclosure, L. hortus garden, and E. yard. See {Chorus}.] 1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also {quire}.] 2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers. 3. (Arch.) The chancel. {Choir organ} (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir. {Choir screen}, {Choir wall} (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. {Choir service}, the service of singing performed by the choir. --T. Warton.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
query 1. A user's (or {agent}'s) request for information, generally as a formal request to a {database} or {search engine}. {SQL} is the most common {database query language}. 2. {question mark}. (1997-04-09)