quernstone

/ ˈkwɜːnˌstəʊn /

noun

another name for millstone
one of the two small circular stones used in a quern

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"My word has been given, and I should be a craven if I stayed away now, just because an old crone sitting at a quernstone tells me I am going into a trap."