pepper-quern

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• The Pepper Quern —    At the corner of Cornhill and Bishopsgate, in the parish of St. Peter Cornhill, devised 1609 by Robert Warden to the Poulterers Company for the parish of St. Peter (End. Ch. 1903, p. I).    No later mention …   Dictionary of London

• quern — n. 1 a hand mill for grinding corn. 2 a small hand mill for pepper etc. Phrases and idioms: quern stone a millstone. Etymology: OE cweorn(e) f. Gmc …   Useful english dictionary

• Ancient Israelite cuisine — refers to the food eaten by the ancient Israelites during a period of over a thousand years, from the beginning of the Israelite presence in the Land of Israel at the beginning of the Iron Age until the Roman period. The dietary staples were… …   Wikipedia

• agriculture, origins of — Introduction  the active production of useful plants or animals in ecosystems that have been created by people. Agriculture has often been conceptualized narrowly, in terms of specific combinations of activities and organisms wet rice production… …   Universalium

• Ancient Egyptian cuisine — An early Ramesside Period mural painting from Deir el Medina tomb depicts an Egyptian couple harvesting crops The cuisine of ancient Egypt covers a span of over three thousand years, but still retained many consistent traits until well into Greco …   Wikipedia

• milling machinery — noun machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing • Syn: ↑mill, ↑grinder • Derivationally related forms: ↑grind (for: ↑grinder), ↑mill (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• mill — Synonyms and related words: C, C note, G, G note, Vandyke, abrade, amble, armory, arrastra, arsenal, assemble, assembly line, assembly plant, atomic energy plant, atomize, average, ball mill, basic, be turbulent, beat, bindery, blaze, blooming… …   Moby Thesaurus

• mill — 1. noun 1) a steel mill Syn: factory, (processing) plant, works, workshop, shop, foundry 2) a pepper mill Syn: grinder, crusher, quern 2. verb the wheat is milled into flo …   Thesaurus of popular words

• hand-mill — handˈ mill noun 1. A quern 2. A coffee mill, pepper mill, etc worked by hand • • • Main Entry: ↑hand …   Useful english dictionary