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Quern

Quern Meaning & Definition
Quern Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Quern?

[n] a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand

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See Also | grinder | mill

Quern In Webster's Dictionary

\Quern\, n. [AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn, Icel. kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. qu[ae]rn, Goth. qairnus (in asiluqa['i]rnus), Lith. q[`i]rnos, and perh. E. corn.] 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.

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