peperquerne

• pepere querne, peperqueren, peperwherne, pepirquerne, pepyrquern, pepyrquerne, pepyr qwerne, pepyr qwhern, pipirquerne, pyperquerne

Inherited from Old English piporcwyrn, *piporcweorn; equivalent to peper +‎ querne.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpərˌkwɛrn(ə)/, /ˈpɛpərˌkwɛːrn(ə)/, /ˈpɛpərˌkweːrn(ə)/

peperquerne (plural peperquernes)

1. (especially Northern or North Midlands) A peppermill; a mill or quern for grinding pepper.

• English: pepperquern, pepper-quern (now rare)
• Middle Scots: pepir quern, peper quhern

• “peper-quērne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 July 2018.