Definition of "querre" []

• A Middle English form of quarry. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Now the leaders of that fair army scorned all unknightly devices, and would never have descended to any vile ruse de querre."
• "The blast took place on October 23, 1983 in the midst of the Lebanese Civil War and credit was assigned to the Islamic Jihad that took responsibility for the bombing, but many believe that this group was a simply a nom de querre for Hezbollah, the radical Islamic group It is uniformly believed that regardless of the name of the terrorist group, they were receiving assistance from the Islamic Republic of Iran."
• ""Rois est des femmes trop decu, Qant plus les ayme que son dieu, Dont laist honour pour foldelit: Cil Rois ne serra pas cremu, Q'ensi voet laisser sou escu Et querre le bataille ou lit."] [Footnote 127: This brusque command, implying so sudden a change in"