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Vinony

groat

noun

  1. hulled kernels of various cereal grains
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡɹoʊt/ / /ɡɹəʊt/ / /ɡɹɔːt/

name

Etymology: * As a Scottish surname, nickname from Old Norse grautr (“porridge”). Compare Grout. * Also as a Scottish surname, variant of Grote. * As a German, Dutch and Danish surname, variant of Groth, Groot, Grott, and Grad.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.

    “The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, And ſcarſe a houſe to hide her head, Sometimes no penny to buy her bread, Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat:”

  2. Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
  3. Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.

    “The needy groom, that never finger'd groat, Would make a miracle of thus much coin …”

  4. A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.