quern UK /kwɜːn/US /kwɝn/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A mill for grinding corn, especially a handmill made of two circular stones.She is shaking in ingredients from various small bottles and querns produced from the pockets of her robes, and from the drawer in the wooden table. — 1978 verb1 •To grind; to use a quern.He could almost set aside the longing for Eyjan that ever querned within him—almost—in this place so utterly sundered from everything of hers. — 1979 formsquerned · querning · querns