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quern  (kwûrn)
n.
A primitive hand-turned grain mill.
[Middle English querne, from Old English cweorn; see gwer-1 in Indo-European roots.]
quern [kwɜːn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a stone hand mill for grinding corn
[Old English cweorn; related to Old Frisian quern, Old High German kurn, Old Norse kverna, Gothic quairnus millstone]
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Noun1.quern - a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by handquern - a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
milling machinery, grinder, mill - machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
Translations
quern [kwɜːn] N → molinillo m de mano
quern
n → Hand- or Drehmühle f; (Archeol) → Mahlstein m
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