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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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Quern

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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Quern has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Quernn. [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.  [1913 Webster]
    "They made him at the querne grind."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Quern, n.
1 a hand-mill for grinding corn.
2 a small hand-mill for pepper etc.

Idiom
quern-stone a millstone.
Etymology
OE cweorn(e) f. Gmc

ROGET THESAURUS

Quern

Pulverulence

N powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology, powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces.

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