What it's about: "Owen Meany, the only son of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is.". From Wordnik.com. [A Desperate Cry For Help or, Your Host Asks for Book Recommendations] Reference
In 1894, Ohio quarrier and labor advocate Jacob Coxey organized a march on Washington, demanding federal intervention in this latest crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Booms and Busts] Reference
Poet, son of a quarrier at Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, became a surfaceman on the railway. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature] Reference
Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is. From Wordnik.com. [Powell's Books: Overview] Reference
This operation was chiefly performed by John Watt -- a strong, active quarrier by profession, -- who was a perfect character in his way, and extremely zealous in his department. From Wordnik.com. [Records of a Family of Engineers] Reference
This operation was chiefly performed by John Watt — a strong, active quarrier by profession, — who was a perfect character in his way, and extremely zealous in his department. From Wordnik.com. [Records of a Family of Engineers] Reference
But they are unluckily what the quarrier would term rubbly, -- traversed by an infinity of cracks and fissures; and it is rare indeed to find a continuous mass out of which a chimney-jamb or lintel could be fashioned. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland] Reference
In this serpentine occurred veins of soapstone, occasionally of such a thickness as to be itself the object of the quarrier: it was used in the making of porcelain; and small quantities were in request for other purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Salted with Fire] Reference
Atlanta, Georgia, March 09, 2009 -- IceStone Atlanta by G & L Marble, a Georgia based supplier, quarrier and distributor of natural stone tiles and slabs announced today the introduction of the manufactured IceStone surface. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A boatman was a quarrier, unless he were the gentleman who owned half the property and had been a quarryman, or the other gentleman who owned the other half, and had been to sea. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Ethelberta] Reference
It is only on approaching it within a few yards that we find it to be an enormous stone, nearly thirty feet in length by almost fifteen feet in breadth, and in some places, though it thins, wedge-like, towards one of the edges, more than six feet in thickness, -- forming altogether such a mass as the quarrier would detach from the solid rock to form the architrave of some vast gateway, or the pediment of some colossal statue. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland] Reference
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Granite quarrier Rock of Ages Corp (. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
RockofAges.com) is the largest integrated granite quarrier and manufacturer of finished granite memorials and granite blocks for memorial use in North America. From Wordnik.com. [Rock of Ages Announces $5.25 Per Share Cash Merger Agreement with Swenson Granite - Yahoo! Finance] Reference
RockofAges. com) is the largest integrated granite quarrier and manufacturer of finished granite memorials and granite blocks for memorial use in North America. From Wordnik.com. [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference
Woderwood quarrier in Daily parish. From Wordnik.com. [Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies] Reference
Robert Hay quarrier Symington. From Wordnik.com. [Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies] Reference
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