quern

Definitions

A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.

Equivalents

Examples

“She is shaking in ingredients from various small bottles and querns produced from the pockets of her robes, and from the drawer in the wooden table.”

“MacKie has noted that querns that were in use⟳ in Scotland up to the present⟳ day were about 450mm—600mm in diameter and that the lower stone was completely perforated to make⟳ it adjustable (MacKie 1987, 5).”

“Not surprisingly, different cultures discovered the suitability of various rock types for manufacturing querns and millstones.”

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