quern
noun [ C ] uk/kwɜːn/ us/kwɜ˞ːn/
手推石磨;小手磨
a simple device for grinding grain (= making it into a powder) between two heavy circular stones
Neolithic peoples used stone querns to grind the hulled grains, then boiled them to make a kind of porridge. 新石器时代的人们用石磨去除谷物的壳，然后煮成粥一样的食物。
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- Saddle querns, which are a slab of stone slightly hollow on the surface in which corn can be ground using a large pebble, have been recovered from Ardnave, Kilellan and Manitoba.
- Luch would be set to turn the quern to grind the oatmeal, and then she'd be sent to fetch hay, peat, and water.
- Amongst the artifacts recorded are a plain bronze pin and a jewelled pin, four arrow heads, two saddle querns, and large quantities of Early Bronze Age flint.
- At that time rice was brought into cultivation, and grain was crushed with a wheel in the quern.