Quērn, n.

n. [A-S. cweorn, cwyrn, O. Sax. quern, D. kævern, O. H. Ger. quirn, Icel. qvörn, Sw. qvarn, Dan. quærn, Goth. qvairnus, Lith. girna, Lett. dsirnus, Pol. zarna, Bohem. zerna, Serb. shbranj, Slav. shrn’v, allied to Ger. korn, Goth. kaurn, Slav. zrno, Lith. zirnis, Eng. corn, Lat. granum. Cf. KERN and CORN.] A hand-mill for grinding grain; a mill, the stone of which was turned by hand, used before the invention of windmills and watermills.

Some apple-colored corn, Ground in fair querns. Chapman.