quern
[ kwurn ]
/ kwɜrn /
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noun
a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain.
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Origin of quern
before 950; Middle English; Old English cweorn; akin to Old Norse kvern hand-mill
Words nearby quern
quercitol, quercitron, Querétaro, queries, querist, quern, quernstone, quersprung, querulous, query, query language
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quern
/ (kwɜːn) /
noun
a stone hand mill for grinding corn
Word Origin for quern
Old English cweorn; related to Old Frisian quern, Old High German kurn, Old Norse kverna, Gothic quairnus millstone
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