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

(transitive) To grind; to use a quern.

plural of quern

simple past tense and past participle of quern

present participle of quern

plural of saddle quern

An ancient saddle-shaped form of quern.

An early rotary quern having a roughly hemispherical upper stone and a conical central hopper to hold the grain that falls down a hole to the grinding surface.

plural of beehive quern

Either of a pair of stones used for grinding material by hand.