Look up: quern

1. Quern
   A quern is a hand-mill for grinding corn. The simplest kind consists of a large stone with a cavity in the upper surface to contain the corn which is then pounded, rather than ground, by a smaller stone. The more usual form consists of two circular flat stones, the upper one pierced in the centre, and revolving on a wooden pin inserted in the lower. A handle is attached to the outer edge and used to turn the stone while corn is dropped into the central opening.
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2. quern
   [n] - a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
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3. quern
   [n] - a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
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4. Quern
   Stones used for the grinding of cereals to make flour. Saddle Quern - One large stone with the grain on it, and one smaller stone moved around on the top to crush the grain against the lower stone. Rotary Quern - Two circular stones fitted together one on top of the other. The top stone is turned around a spindle set in the lower stone. Grain is fe…
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5. quern
   Stone hand-mill for grinding corn, in use before the invention of the water mill and windmill. Grain introduced between two large flat stones is ground by movement of the upper stone. The...
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6. Quern
   Quern noun [ Anglo-Saxon cweorn , cwyrn ; akin to Dutch kweern , Old High German quirn , Icelandic kvern , Swedish qvarn , Danish quærn , Goth. qairnus (in asiluqaírnus ), Lithuanian qìrnos , and perhaps English corn .] A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention …
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7. quern
   noun a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
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8. Quern
   • (n.) A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.
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9. quern
   ancient device for grinding grain. The saddle quern, consisting simply of a flat stone bed and a rounded stone to be operated manually against it, ... [3 related articles]
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