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groats

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.

hulled kernels of oats, buckwheat, or barley.

Origin:
before 1100; Middle English grotes (plural), Old English grot meal; akin to grits

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noun

a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English groot < Middle Dutch groot large, name of a large coin; see great

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groats (ɡrəʊts)

—*pl n*
1.	the hulled and crushed grain of oats, wheat, or certain other cereals
2.	the parts of oat kernels used as food

[Old English grot particle; related to grota fragment, as in meregrota pearl; see grit, grout]

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groat

"medieval European coin," late 14c., 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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groats

"hulled grain," c.1100, from O.E. grot "particle," from same root as grit.

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