quern

[ kwurn ]

/ kwɜrn /

noun

a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain.

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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Example sentences from the Web for quern

The grains, blackened like coal, were picked off the floor with the hand and placed in the quern.
The Historical Child|Oscar Chrisman
When dry it is pounded into small pieces mixed with corn, and ground into meal on the hand-mill or quern.
Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854|Various
There stood his sisters by the quern, For the high-noon cakes they needs must earn.
Poems by the Way|William Morris
He had only to speak the word, and the quern ground out what he wanted.
Folk Tales Every Child Should Know|Various

"There, you see what has gotten me all this wealth;" and so he made the quern grind all kind of things.
Folk Tales Every Child Should Know|Various

British Dictionary definitions for quern

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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单词	quern
释义	quern [ kwurn ] / kwɜrn / noun a primitive, hand-operated mill for grinding grain. 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quern The grains, blackened like coal, were picked off the floor with the hand and placed in the quern. The Historical Child\|Oscar Chrisman When dry it is pounded into small pieces mixed with corn, and ground into meal on the hand-mill or quern. Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854\|Various There stood his sisters by the quern, For the high-noon cakes they needs must earn. Poems by the Way\|William Morris He had only to speak the word, and the quern ground out what he wanted. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know\|Various "There, you see what has gotten me all this wealth;" and so he made the quern grind all kind of things. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know\|Various British Dictionary definitions for quern 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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