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quern
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Princeton's WordNet
quernnoun
a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
Wiktionary
quernnoun
A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones
quernverb
To grind.
Etymology: From quern, cwerne, from cweorn, from kwernuz, from gʷerǝun-. Cognate with quern, kweern, kurn, kværn, kvarn.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Quernnoun
A handmill.
Etymology: cweorn , Saxon.
Skim milk, and sometimes labour in the quern,
And bootless make the breathless huswife churn. William Shakespeare.Some apple-colour’d corn
Ground in fair querns, and some did spindles turn. George Chapman.
Wikipedia
Quern
Quern (Danish: Kværn) is a former municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Since 1 March 2013, it has been part of the municipality of Steinbergkirche.
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quern
A quern is a simple, ancient type of tool used for grinding grain, seeds, or other hard substances. It typically consists of two round flat stones, with the top stone being turned or rubbed against the bottom one to grind the material between them.
Webster Dictionary
Quernnoun
a mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills
Etymology: [AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn, Icel. kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. qurn, Goth. qairnus (in asiluqarnus), Lith. qrnos, and perh. E. corn.]
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Quern
Quern is a former municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Quern
kwėrn, n. a stone handmill for grinding grain. [A.S. cwyrn, cweorn; Ice. kvern, Goth, kwairnus.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Quern
a handmill of stone for grinding corn, of primitive contrivance, and still used in remote parts of Ireland and Scotland.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quern in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of quern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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