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quern
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
QUERN
n. A hand-mill for grinding grain; a mill, the stone of which was turned by hand, used before the invention of windmills and watermills.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUERN
Quern, n. Etym: [AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn,Icel. kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. quærn, Goth. qairnus (in asiluqaírnus ), Lith. qìrnos, and perh. E. corn. ]
Defn: A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills. Shak. They made him at the querne grind. Chaucer.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quern
quern |kwərn kwərn | ▶noun a simple hand mill for grinding grain, typically consisting of two circular stones, the upper of which is rotated or rubbed to and fro on the lower one. ORIGIN Old English cweorn (e ), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse kvern and Dutch kweern.
quernstone
quern |stone ▶noun chiefly Archaeology either of the two circular stones forming a quern, found at prehistoric sites from the Neolithic onwards.
Oxford Dictionary
quern
quern |kwəːn | ▶noun a simple hand mill for grinding corn, typically consisting of two circular stones, the upper of which is rotated or rubbed to and fro on the lower one. ORIGIN Old English cweorn (e ), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse kvern and Dutch kweern.
quernstone
quern |stone ▶noun chiefly Archaeology either of the two circular stones forming a quern, found at prehistoric sites from the Neolithic onwards.
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