quernstone
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Etymology[edit]
quern + stone. From Middle English querneston, whernston, from Old English cweornstān, from Proto-Germanic *kwernōstainaz. Cognate with Old High German quirnstein and Old Norse kvernsteinn.
Noun[edit]
quernstone (plural quernstones)
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