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groat

[groht]
–noun
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.

Origin:
1325–75; ME groot < MD groot large, name of a large coin; see great
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groat   (grōt)   
n.  An English silver coin worth four pence, used from the 14th to the 17th century.

[Middle English grot, from Middle Dutch groot, a thick, large coin, translation of Medieval Latin (dēnārius) grossus, thick (denarius).]
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groat 
"medieval European coin," 1387, probably from M.Du. groot, elliptical use of adj. meaning "great" (in sense of "thick"); see great. Recognized from 13c. in various nations, in 14c. it was roughly one-eighth an ounce of silver; the English groat coined 1351-2 was worth four pence.
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