Crossword clues for quern
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
They made him at the querne grind.
--Chaucer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English cweorn "hand-mill, mill," from PIE *gwere-na- "millstone" (cognates: Old Norse kvern, Old Frisian quern, Old High German quirn, Gothic quirnus; Sanskrit grava "crushing stone;" Lithuanian girna "millstone," girnos "hand mills;" Old Church Slavonic zrunuvi "mills;" Welsh brevan "hand mill"), suffixed form of root *gwere- (2) "heavy" (see grave (adj.)).
Wiktionary
n. A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones vb. (context transitive English) To grind; to use a '''quern'''.
WordNet
n. a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
Wikipedia
Quern is a former municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality Steinbergkirche.
Usage examples of "quern".
Ingrith watched closely as Arva ground grainrye, barley, and even peason the large round stone known as a quern.
Any querns the farmers may have had had been taken away to prevent them from making flour for bread.
Inspections were carried out unannounced and if querns or food were found hidden, the entire family would be put to death.
The women were crushing seaweed in bone querns while the chief sipped from a bronze goblet, the loot of some ancient shipwreck.
I have come to expect ruthless disregard for human life from the enemy, since species like the Quern, Deng, and Melconians operate under a belief system that does not include coexistence with another sentient, let alone space-faring, species.
Too, she taught her skills useful to a Tahari female, the making of ropes from kaiila hair, the cutting and plaiting of reins, the weaving of cloth and mats, the decoration and beading of leather goods, the use of the mortar and pestle, the use of the grain quern, the preparation and spicing of stews, the cleaning of verr and, primarily when we camped near watering holes in the vicinity of nomads, the milking of verr and kaiila.