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Princeton's WordNet

  1. groatsnoun

    the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Groutnoun

    In Scotland they call it groats.

    Etymology: grut , Saxon.

    King Hardicnute, ’midst Danes and Saxons stout,
    Carous’d in nut-brown ale, and din’d on grout:
    Which dish its pristine honour still retains,
    And when each prince is crown’d in splendour reigns. King.

    Sweet honey some condense, some purge the grout;
    The rest, in cells apart, the liquid nectar shout. Dryden.

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  1. groats

    Groats are hulled, crushed, or whole grain kernels, usually from wheat, oats, rye, or barley. They are often consumed as cereal or used in soups and stews. The term "groat" also refers to the inner portion of a seed after the outer layer or hull has been removed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Groats

    dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits

  2. Etymology: [OE. grot, AS. grtan; akin to Icel. grautr porridge, and to E. gritt, grout. See Grout.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Groats

    grōts, n.pl. the grain of oats deprived of the husks. [M. E. grotes, prob. Ice. grautr, barley; cog. with A.S. grút, coarse meal.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. groats

    An allowance for each man per mensem, assigned formerly to the chaplain for pay.

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  1. argots

  2. gastro

  3. gators

  4. gotras

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of groats in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of groats in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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