quern
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quern
before 950; Middle English; Old English cweorn; akin to Old Norse kvern hand-mill
Vocabulary lists containing quern
Example Sentences
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Boswell quoted Quern Deus vult perdere, prius dementat, and asked where it was.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by Hill, George Birkbeck Norman
Sir Thomas Browne was born in London, in the parish of St Michael le Quern, on the 19th of October 1605.
From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir
Note, That the Seeds are pounded in a Mortar; or bruis'd with a poliſh'd Cannon-Bullet, in a large wooden Bowl-Diſh, or which is moſt preferr'd, ground in a Quern contriv'd for this purpoſe only.
From Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets by Evelyn, John
The names of the houses were Quern and Exaluq.
From A Treasury of Eskimo Tales by Carlson, George
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