Thesaurus: quern
A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.
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- n. A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.
- n. a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
- 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.
- A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turnedby hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.Shak.They made him at the querne grind. Chaucer.
- n. a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand