Category:Quern

Quern, n. Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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.