QUERN, the primitive form of hand-mill for grinding corn, consisting of two flat circular stones; the lower stone, often shaped with a rim; has a wooden or metal pin in the centre which passes through a hole in the upper stone; the worker pours the grain through the hole with one hand, revolving the upper stone with the other by means of a peg fixed to one side.   anvd [Please select]

But if I am going to part with it, I want that hand-quern which stands behind the door.   anvd [Please select]

But later in the evening, when he had drunk a little freely, he could no longer resist, but brought out the quern.   anvd [Please select]

When it was near breakfast time he put the quern on the breakfast table.   anvd [Please select]

He asked him for heaven's sake to take back the quern, and that at once.   anvd [Please select]

After a long while there came a skipper who wanted to see the quern; he asked if it could grind salt.   anvd [Please select]

When you come out, I'll teach you how to handle the quern, for it's good to grind almost anything.'   anvd [Please select]

He had only to speak the word, and the quern ground out what he wanted.   anvd [Please select]

Of more importance, however, is the fact that the magic quern brings not good but disaster to those who try to use it in the service of greed.   anvd [Please select]

THE QUERN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA Once upon a time in the old, old days there were two brothers, one of whom was rich and the other poor.   anvd [Please select]