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Pronunciation : Quern
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn, Icel. kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. qu?rn, Goth. qairnus (in asiluqa?rnus), Lith. q?rnos, and perh. E. corn.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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