groat.
Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
Meaning & usage
Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą, related to *greutą. More at grit, grout.
Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
Any of various old coins of England and Scotland. Any unit of currency worth four pence.
Any of various old coins of England and Scotland. A historical English coin representing such a unit: a silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.
Where this word comes from
Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois (“a coin of Tours”), gros being from Medieval Latin denarius grossus (“large coin”). Related to German Groschen.
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