Defn: A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned
by hand; — used before the invention of windmills and watermills.
Shak.
They made him at the querne grind. Chaucer.
QUERPO
Quer"po, n.
Defn: The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo. Dryden.
QUERQUEDULE
Quer"que*dule, n. Etym: [L. querquedula.] (Zool.)
(a) A teal.
(b) The pintail duck.
QUERRY
Quer"ry, n.
Defn: A groom; an equerry. [Obs.]
QUERULENTIAL
Quer`u*len"tial, a.
Defn: Querulous. [R.]
QUERULOUS Quer"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. querulus and querulosus, fr. queri to complain. Cf. Cry, v., Quarrel a brawl, Quarrelous.]
1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs.] land.