| 单词 | quernpecker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquernpecker quernpecker n. a person whose occupation is to carve quernstones. Now historical. ΚΠ 1381 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1932) III. 290 (MED) [William Alayn] quernpeckere. 1441 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 256 (MED) [William Toly], quernepykker. 1975 Winnipeg Free Press 30 Aug. (Features) 13/4 Some of the obsolete trades bear names that sound positively ludicrous, the quernpecker, for instance..busied himself at chipping..indentations into the faces of hard millstones. < as lemmas |
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