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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Quar·ry-faced

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(Stone Masonry) Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture & Construction:

quarry-faced

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Descriptive of the freshly split face of ashlar, as it comes from the quarry, squared off only for the joints; usually used in massive masonry work.

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