Definition of quern Quern

quern

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What does quern mean?

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Noun

Plural: querns

quern - a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
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  • quern (Noun)
    A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones.
  • quern (Verb)
    To grind.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • quern (n.)
    A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • quern
    kwÄ—rn, n. a stone handmill for grinding grain. [A.S. cwyrn, cweorn; Ice. kvern, Goth, kwairnus.]

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