QUERN
quern
(noun) a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
quern (plural querns)
A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones.
Verb
quern (third-person singular simple present querns, present participle querning, simple past and past participle querned)
(transitive) To grind; to use a quern.
Source: Wiktionary
Quern, n. Etym: [AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn, Icel. kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. quærn, Goth. qairnus (in asiluqaÃrnus), Lith. qìrnos, and perh. E. corn.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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