| 单词 | rotary quern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrotary quern rotary quern n. Archaeology an ancient form of hand-mill consisting of a pair of stacked stones, between which grain is placed and ground with a rotary motion; cf. saddle quern n. at saddle n.1 Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1857 W. R. Wilde Catal. Antiq. Mus. Royal Irish Acad. 104 When we consider the immense length of time that all nations acquainted with the use of corn must have known how to work the rotary quern, this must be indeed an implement of extreme antiquity. 1925 Times 30 June 13/3 A few saddle querns have been uncovered and two pieces of the rotary quern. 2003 Britannia 34 153 These are characteristic of Sussex flat-topped-style rotary querns and are thought to be Iron Age or early Roman in date. < as lemmas |
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