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quern |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quern \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quern n : a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
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