Quern
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A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turnedby hand; -- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.Shak.They made him at the querne grind. Chaucer.
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Quern . The words 'Queer and ' used in shorthand or short quick speech .Localized dialect in some parts of county wicklow in Ireland .
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word used instead of very. mainly in Wicklow, a town part of Ireland.
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slang meaning very exclusively used in wicklow town ireland
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a simple device for grinding grain (= making it into a powder) between two heavy circular stones:
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