† ˈpepper-ˌquern Obs.
Forms: see pepper and quern1.
A quern or hand-mill for grinding pepper; a pepper-mill.
| 1402–3 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 217, j par de pepir qwerns. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 393/1 Pepyr qwerne (K., S. pepirwherne), fractillum. 1564 Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) I. 223, iiij stonepotts ij pep'quernes viijd. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Quern (Belg.) a handmill; as a Pepper Quern, a Mill to grinde Pepper. 1825 Jamieson, Pepper-curne, a hand-mill used for grinding pepper. |