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† ˈpepper-ˌquern Obs.
Forms: see pepper and quern1.
A quern or hand-mill for grinding pepper; a pepper-mill.
1402–3Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 217, j par de pepir qwerns. c1440Promp. Parv. 393/1 Pepyr qwerne (K., S. pepirwherne), fractillum. 1564Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) I. 223, iiij stonepotts ij pep'quernes viijd. 1656Blount Glossogr., Quern (Belg.) a handmill; as a Pepper Quern, a Mill to grinde Pepper. 1825Jamieson, Pepper-curne, a hand-mill used for grinding pepper. |