| 单词 | quern |
| 例句 | Other examples of complex technologies that diffused east and west in the ancient Old World, from a single West Asian source, include door locks, pulleys, rotary querns, windmills—and the alphabet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Finding a quern stone in an expected spot raises the hairs on the back of his neck—“as if I had been communicating directly with the people who buried it”. Pride of place 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z When enough had collected in the clay pot at the edge of the quern, the two sisters — the third Navarro sister, Crispina, was an amused bystander — squeezed out its impurities using a wet cloth. Tracing Mexico’s Complicated Relationship With Rice 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Decorated querns and millstones of any date are extremely rare, with only four such Roman millstones discovered from around a total of 20,000 nationwide, said Steve Sherlock, Highways England's archaeology lead for the A14. A14 upgrade: 'Rare' Roman phallus carving found in Cambridgeshire 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z A device called the rotary quern, a type of hand mill, became common in Central Europe in the late Iron Age. Prehistoric women had extremely strong arms from a life of manual labor 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Examinations of Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery fragments, quern stones for grinding grain and significant quantities of iron slag are still in the early stages. New 'Iron Age' discoveries made 2012-07-15T01:05:50Z The fragments of earthenware belong to articles of domestic use; with them are found querns, moulds for metal, portions of cabin floors, and great quantities of kitchen refuse. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z Mary, a woman of forty years or so, is grinding a quern. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z Here, take the pot and scrape it at the quern. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z They built their own little huts of clay and wattles in the surrounding meadows, and took their turn at herding the sheep and grinding in the quern, or handmill, the corn for the daily bread. Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland 2011-05-10T02:00:58.153Z The saddle-stone is the connecting link between the primitive pounder, or muller, and the quern, which was itself the direct ancestor of the millstones still used to some extent in the manufacture of flour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z "It is the women singing and grinding at the quern," she said, and her feet went faster. The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z When dry it is pounded into small pieces mixed with corn, and ground into meal on the hand-mill or quern. Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Blanid, kneeling by the quern between the window and the door, and commencing to grind grain. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z They ground their corn with small watermills, or with handmills called querns, one of which was kept in almost every house. A Reading Book in Irish History The Romans of the classical period seem to have distinguished the saddle-stone from the quern. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The quern with rotary motion is late Roman, and still used by Arabs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Granite powdered to dust in small handmills, or querns – 2 parts. Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 "I have had a good many things to look after, and I've had a long way to walk as well; but now I'll show you something," said he, and put the quern on the table. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes People ground their corn with this before the invention of querns and milk. A Reading Book in Irish History The mola versatilis evidently referred to the revolving millstone or quern. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z We are well aware that important economies have already been achieved in this direction—as, for instance, when the handmill, or quern, and the baker's oven attached to each house were abandoned. The Conquest of Bread An under quern stone, 19 inches in diameter, was found about halfway between the canoe and the margin of the circle of piles, and immediately to the east of the so-called causeway already described. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore He asked him for heaven's sake to take back the quern, and that at once. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes That quern turned out anything that the grinder chose, though formerly it had ground nothing but peace and gold. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales According to Richard Bennett, the quern, the first complete milling machine, originated in Italy and is in all probability not older than the 2nd century B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z These have usually a silicious matrix and were often used by the Romans and others for making querns for corn-grinding. Hertfordshire These two, and the ancient woman at the quern, were the only ones of his servants whom he heard pray for his return. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy The butter and cheese, bread and bacon, were made at home; the corn was ground in the quern; the beer was brewed and the honey collected by the family. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain As Frodi was deaf to their cries for rest, they caused the quern to grind fire and war. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales They knew how to hull rice in their mortars, but they knew nothing of the heavy stone querns of the North, and less of the material that the white man convoyed so laboriously. The Kipling Reader Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kipling But in the day of Saint Keranus the angels of God used to turn the quern for him. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Agriculture was practised, and corn was ground in the circular querns of stone, of which the use so long survived. A Short History of Scotland King Frothi caused these slaves to be brought to the quern, and ordered them to grind gold, peace, and prosperity for Frothi. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian At first the Devil wouldn't hear of such a bargain, and chaffed and haggled with the man; but he stuck to what he said, and at last the Devil had to part with his quern. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know Over this stream Cormac bade them build the first mill that was in Ireland, and the bright water turned the wheel merrily round, and the women in Tara toiled at the quern no more. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland So he was put in bonds then, and slavery was imposed on him at the king's hands; and this was the labour put upon him, to grind at the quern. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints At another primitive island querns were in use and "ordinary families" were "only beginning to indulge in tombstones." The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People In these ruins, however, we saw some ancient utensils, or querns, supposed to have been used for crushing corn. From John O'Groats to Land's End "It's all one where I got it from; you see the quern is a good one, and the mill-stream never freezes, that's enough." Folk Tales Every Child Should Know They also imposed cruel and extortionate taxes upon the people, for every kneading trough, and every quern for grinding corn, and every flagstone for baking bread had to pay its tax. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland Then great marvels came to pass, for when he went to grind at the quern, it would turn of itself, and did so continually. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints To enable the people to be, to some extent, independent of mill-power, it occurred to the authorities to revive the use of the old Irish hand-mill, or quern. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines In addition there were twelve small or household altars, querns, Roman millstones, cup and ring stones, a large, so-called, serpent stone, and several sepulchral slabs, sculptures, etc. From John O'Groats to Land's End So, when dinner-time drew near, he put the quern on the kitchen table and said: "Grind herrings and broth, and grind them good and fast." Folk Tales Every Child Should Know "So many cattle and so many sheep," answered Atharna, "and store of gold and raiment, and of the fairest dames and maidens of Leinster forty-five, to grind at my querns in D�n Atharna." The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland But angels used to grind at the quern for Ciaran's sake on the day that was his. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Curiously enough, the Treasury could not obtain specimens of the Scotch or Irish quern, so they procured an Indian one, from the museum of the India House. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines The quern and the ring I imagine to be British. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor "From behind the door," answered the owner of the quern, for he didn't care to let the cat out of the bag. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know One heard a water-wheel creaking somewhere and the nearer sound of meal being ground in a quern. A Diversity of Creatures Ciaran put his hand on the quern for charity, and he promised that he would serve in the place of the girl. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints The attempt to revive the use of the quern had no success except in a single instance. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines It is kneaded simply with water, and marked across like a scone, dividing it into four equal parts, and then placed in front of the fire resting on a quern. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul When he had sailed a good way off, he brought the quern on deck and said: "Grind salt, and grind both good and fast." Folk Tales Every Child Should Know O gloriously free Am I in freedom from three crooked things:— From quern, from mortar, from my crook-back'd lord! Essays in Rebellion When he was led to the king, he gave sentence that he should be reduced to servitude, and be set apart for grinding at the quern. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints We can still trace on the hillsides some curious terraces fashioned by them for the growing of their grain, and discover querns, or hand millstones, and stones for bruising the corn. English Villages At first the Devil wouldn't hear of such a bargain, and chaffered and haggled with the man; but he stuck to what he said, and at last the Devil had to part with his quern. Popular Tales from the Norse The two females, seated on the ground opposite to each other, hold between them two round flat stones, such as are seen in Lapland, and which in Scotland are usually called querns. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time She must make the butter and the cheese, grind the wheat in the quern, make and bake the bread, and in all ways earn her livelihood hard enough. The Water of the Wondrous Isles At that time there were twelve very holy and reverend men reading in that school, and each of them on his day ground at the quern with his own hand, as was customary. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Or by a simple transposition of the lines; And bootless, make the breathless housewife churn Skim milk, and sometimes labour in the quern. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies But that quern was such that it ground anything that the grinder chose, though until then it had ground nothing but gold and peace. Popular Tales from the Norse This was going too far; querns of the same material, found in all the ruins, suggested a neighbouring outcrop. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 He asked it first to grind candles, then a cloth, and then food and beer, and everything else that was good for Christmas cheer; and as he spoke the quern brought them forth. Types of Children's Literature MARY, a woman of forty years or so, is grinding a quern. The Countess Cathleen I would regulate the lines thus: And sometimes make the breathless housewife churn Skim milk, and bootless labour in the quern. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies When you come out, I'll teach you how to handle the quern, for it's good to grind almost anything.' Popular Tales from the Norse But he was told it was this stream that had turned the first water mill in Ireland and that Cormac had put up the mill to save a beautiful bond-maid from toiling at the quern. The Untilled Field He asked him for heaven's sake to take back the quern, and that at once; "if it goes on grinding another hour the whole parish will perish in broth and herrings," he said. Types of Children's Literature The flat dayoorl-stones on which the seeds are ground with the smaller stone, are like the 'saddle-stone querns' occasionally found in ancient British sites. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia She was sitting at her door-step grinding corn with a quern when he came before her. The King of Ireland's Son When you come out, I'll teach you how to handle the quern, for it's good to grind almost anything.' Popular Tales from the Norse It's woe to bend the stubborn back Above the grinching quern, It's woe to hear the leg-bar clack And jingle when I turn! The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition In your breast the light must burn Fed of you, like corn in quern Ever plumping while the wheel Speeds the mill and drains the meal. Poems — Volume 2 These primitive appliances preceded the circular rotatory querns in evolution, and as the monuments prove were used in ancient Egypt. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia "This evening, when I am grinding the corn at the quern I shall tell you the Unique Tale." The King of Ireland's Son These daughters of the giant he had bought as slaves, and he made them grind his quern or hand-mill, Grotti, out of which he used to grind peace and gold. Popular Tales from the Norse The modesty of maidens in old days is eulogised by Saxo, and the penalty for its infraction was severe: sale abroad into slavery to grind the quern in the mud of the yard. The Danish History, Books I-IX They ground the ship full of salt and sank it, and so the quern was lost forever, but the sea remains salt unto this day. Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology So, when dinner-time drew near, he put the quern on the kitchen table and said: 'Grind herrings and broth, and grind them good and fast.' Popular Tales from the Norse In the Norse story of Frodi's quern, the myth assumes a whimsical shape. Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology When he had sailed a good way off, he brought the quern on deck and said: 'Grind salt, and grind both good and fast.' Popular Tales from the Norse According to another version the quern is still grinding away and keeping the sea salt, and over the place where it lies there is a prodigious whirlpool or maelstrom which sucks down ships. Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology |
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