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Quin vs Quirn - What's the difference?

quin | quirn |

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

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A quintuplet.
    • Related terms
    * quad

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European scallop, Pecten opercularis , used as food.
  • * 1973 , N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
    • 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.
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    quirn

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which is turned by hand.

    • Quotations

    * "They made him at the querne grind." Chaucer. * "And grind it without quirn or mill." extracted from the Elfin Knight.

    References

    * http://www.hydroponicsearch.com/spelling/simplesearch/query_term-quern/database-gcide/strategy-exact (Saturday September 1, 2007) * http://www.springthyme.co.uk/ballads/balladtexts/02_ElfinKnight.html (Saturday September 1, 2007)