What does quirn mean?
Quirn means Alternative spelling of quern..
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/kwɜː(ɹ)n/ · noun
Alternative spelling of quern..
[…]when living in South Uist he had a servant woman remarkable for the second-sight; who, upon a night as she was grinding at the quirn,¹ saw a corpse[…] ¹ Hand-mill.
Use quirn when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quirn means Alternative spelling of quern..
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[…]when living in South Uist he had a servant woman remarkable for the second-sight; who, upon a night as she was grinding at the quirn,¹ saw a corpse[…] ¹ Hand-mill.
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