quirn

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwɜː(ɹ)n/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n

Noun

quirn (plural quirns)

  1. Alternative spelling of quern.
    • 1893, George Douglas, editor, Scottish fairy and folk tales, page 213:
      […] when living in South Uist he had a servant woman remarkable for the second-sight; who, upon a night as she was grinding at the quirn,1 saw a corpse […]
      1 Hand-mill.
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