quarとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

quar (plural quars)

1. (obsolete) A quarry.
   • 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):

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

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名詞

quar (uncountable)

1. (slang) Quarantine. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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動詞

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

1. (transitive) To choke or block (typically a river).