QUERN

quern|querns. Quern, or Querns, n. a handmill, a churn

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Quern (?), n. [[AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn, Icel. kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. quærn, Goth. qairnus (in asiluqaírnus), Lith. qìrnos, and perh. E. corn.]] A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; — used before the invention of windmills and watermills. Shak. They made him at the querne grind. Chaucer.