quern

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el değirmeni
(isim) el değirmeni

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dies ad quern
(Latin) bitim tarihi
dies ad quern
(Latin) bitim günü
terminus ad quern
(Latin) bitim tarihi
terminus ad quern
(Latin) bitme tarihi
İngilizce - İngilizce
A mill for grinding corn, especially a hand-mill made of two circular stones
{n} a handmill, a churn
{i} primitive hand-operated mill used to grind grain
a hand-mill
A hard stone or lava device for grinding corn and grain into flour, and used from the Mesolithic onwards The saddle quern – or saucer quern – was the earliest and consisted of a concave or saddle-shaped stone on which the grain was crushed by the to-and-fro motion of an upper stone The heavier rotary quern – or beehive quern – was used from 150 BC onwards and had a central spindle in which the upper stone was rotated on the lower stone by means of a handle
A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; used before the invention of windmills and watermills
a primitive stone mill for grinding corn by hand
A simple device consisting of two rough stones between which grain could be ground, either by rubbing or rotating the upper stone against the lower Fine examples of querns can be seen in situ at Chysauster ancient settlement in Cornwall
A primitive hand-turned grain mill

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querns
{n} a handmill, a churn
querns
plural of quern
quern