| quern | (n) โม่ที่ใช้มือหมุนแบบโบราณ, See also: เครื่องโม่ใช้มือหมุนแบบโบราณใช้โม่เมล็ดข้าว, Syn. mill |
| quern |
| quern | (n) a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand |
| Quern | n. [ AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn, Icel. kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. quærn, Goth. qairnus (in asiluqaírnus), Lith. qìrnos, 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 ] |