quernstone

noun

quernstone

noun

Etymology From quern + stone. From Middle English querneston, whernston, from Old English cweornstān, from Proto-Germanic *kwernōstainaz. Cognate with Old High German quirnstein and Old Norse kvernsteinn.

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

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