English Explanatory Dictionary

quernstone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

quernstone quernstones quern-stone

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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