Definition for QUERN

QUERN, n. [Sax. cwyrn, cweorn; Goth. quairn; D. kweern; Dan. qvern; Sw. qvarn. Qu. W. cwyrn, a quick motion, a whirl.]

A hand-mill for grinding grain; a mill, the stone of which was turned by hand, used before the invention of windmills and watermills. – Shak.

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