Quin vs Quirn - What's the difference?
quin | quirn |
A European scallop, Pecten opercularis , used as food.
* 1973 , N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
As nouns the difference between quin and quirn
is that quin is (informal) a quintuplet or quin can be a european scallop, pecten opercularis , used as food while quirn is a mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which is turned by hand.quin
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Noun
(en noun)- Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins , which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods.