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quern$66141$ - translation to italian
STONE TOOL FOR HAND-GRINDING VARIOUS MATERIALS, ESPECIALLY FOODSTUFFS
Quernstone; Querns; Quern stone; Milling stone; Rotary quern; Quorn stone; Quern-stones; Saddle quern
![The quern rests on the [[earasaid]] of the woman on the right, possibly to catch grain; she feeds the stone with grain from the bowl at her left. Woodcut from [[Thomas Pennant]]'s 1772 book ''A Tour in Scotland''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Girl with ponytail-Women at the Quern.jpg?width=200 "The quern rests on the [[earasaid]] of the woman on the right, possibly to catch grain; she feeds the stone with grain from the bowl at her left. Woodcut from [[Thomas Pennant]]'s 1772 book ''A Tour in Scotland''.")
 1934.jpg?width=200 "Youth grinding coffee on quern (Yemen, 1934)")
![Querns from the [[Whithorn]] Museum, [[Dumfries and Galloway]], southern Scotland](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quern stones.JPG?width=200 "Querns from the [[Whithorn]] Museum, [[Dumfries and Galloway]], southern Scotland")
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quern
n. macina a mano
Definition
Quern
·noun A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand;
- used before the invention of windmills and watermills.
Wikipedia
Quern-stone
Quern-stones are stone tools for hand-grinding a wide variety of materials. They are used in pairs. The lower stationary stone of early examples is called a saddle quern, while the upper mobile stone is called a muller, rubber or handstone. The upper stone was moved in a back-and-forth motion across the saddle quern. Later querns are known as rotary querns. The central hole of a rotary quern is called the eye, and a dish in the upper surface is known as the hopper. A handle slot contained a handle which enabled the rotary quern to be rotated. They were first used in the Neolithic era to grind cereals into flour.
