quar

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noun

A quarry.

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Meanings

quar1

nounquar (plural quars)

plural quars

  1. obsoleteA quarry.

    A chrysolite, a gem, the very agate / Of state and policy, cut from the quar / Of Machiavel.

    1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

quar2

nounquar (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountableQuarantine.

quar3

verbquar (third-person singular simple present quars, present participle quarring, simple past and past participle quarred)

present singular third person quars · participle present quarring · participle past quarred · past quarred

  1. transitiveTo choke or block (typically a river).
Cite this entry
APA

quar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quar

MLA

“quar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quar.

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