quern

quern

Q0026800 (kwûrn)n. A primitive hand-turned grain mill.

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[Middle English querne, from Old English cweorn; see g^werə- in Indo-European roots.]

quern

(kwɜːn) n (Agriculture) a stone hand mill for grinding corn[Old English cweorn; related to Old Frisian quern, Old High German kurn, Old Norse kverna, Gothic quairnus millstone]

quern

(kwûrn),
n. a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain. [before 950; Middle English; Old English cweorn; akin to Old Norse kvern hand-mill]

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quern - a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by handmilling machinery, grinder, mill - machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing

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