See Also: quarrier(dictionary)

upshot (oh) and quarrier (iou)


upshot (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: upshot 'final shot in an archery competition' (16-17 centuries)]
the upshot (of sth)
the final result of a situation
::The upshot was that after much argument they all agreed to help her.

quarrier (iou)



quarrier noun. ME.
[Old French quarreour, -ieur (mod. carrier), from quarrer from Latin quadrare to square (stones): see -ER2.]
A person who quarries stone.