Definition of
Quern
- (noun, artifact) a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
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Alternate forms of Quern
Hypernyms: grinder, mill, milling machinery
Origin of the word Quern
- O.E. cweorn "hand-mill, mill," from PIE base *gwern- (cf. O.N. kvern, O.Fris. quern, O.H.G. quirn, Goth. quirnus; Skt. grava "crushing stone;" Lith. girna "millstone," girnos "hand mills;" O.C.S. zrunuvi "mills;" Welsh brevan "hand mill"). more
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