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单词 Quern stone
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Quern stone

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Quern-stone

(重定向自Quern stone)
The upper stone of a Scottish hand quern from Dalgarven Mill, North Ayrshire
 An ancient tool used to grind food item in Nepal
Revolving beehive quern-stones and [lower] a saddlestone on display at Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley.
A stack of quern-stones for sale in a market in Haikou, Hainan, China. These quern-stones are only about 30 cm wide.

Quern-stones are stone tools for hand-grinding a wide variety of materials. They are used in pairs.The lower, stationary, stone is called a quern, while the upper mobile stone is called a handstone. They were first used in the Neolithic to grind cereals into flour.

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