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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: quern (0.00981 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quern
quern
n : a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quern
Quern
\Quern\, n. [AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG.
quirn, Icel. kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. qu[ae]rn, Goth. qairnus
(in asiluqa['i]rnus), Lith. q[`i]rnos, 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. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
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