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Webster 1913 Edition


Quern

Quern

,
Noun.
[AS.
cweorn
,
cwyrn
; akin to D.
kweern
, OHG.
quirn
, Icel.
kvern
, Sw.
qvarn
, Dan.
quærn
, Goth.
qairnus
(in
asiluqaírnus
), Lith.
qìrnos
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quern

QUERN

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