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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Grotis, Groitis, Grottis, n. pl. Also: groittis, grot(t)s, groat(e)s. [e.m.E. groats, grot(t)s, ME. grotes, -is, OE. *grotan wk. pl.] Groats, husked grain (oats or barley).(a) 1456 Hay II. 130/15.
Than is gude calf flesch … and bere caffit or with grotis a1500 Henr. Fab. 105 (Asl.).
And sekis full of grotis, meile, and malt 1478 Acta Aud. 82/1.
A furlote of grotis, ij s. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 427.
Collapis, cruddis, mele, grotis, grisis and geis 1574 Edinb. Test. III. 101 b.
Ane boll of groittis 1592 Ib. XXIV. 213 b.
Ane kist … to keip thair grotis in(b) 1456 Misc. Spald. C. III. 99.
xl pundis of the bonage grottis 1513 Treas. Acc. IV. 528.
A firlott of grottis 1553 Reg. Great S. 167/2.
De quibus avenis 6 bolle conficerentur in lentes, vulgo lie grottis, ad eorum aluscula quolibet anno 1588 Waus Corr. II. 426.
Attour get ane boll of the fynest aittis … and caus mak grottis hairof 1649 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 179.
It is thoght they wald have kaill, an[d] so for this must have twa peckis of grottis in the monethe 1671 Wodrow MSS. 4to. XXXVII. No. 7.
One of them lost a chader of meell, bier, and grots 1691 Foulis Acc. Bk. 133.
To pay … for 12 bolls oats making in grots, meall and seeds(c) 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Lens, -tis, groates a1598 Ferg. Prov. 10 b.
Of weillie persons, … He kens his groats among other folks kailattrib. (in sing.). 1651 Edinb. Test. LXV. 210 b.
Ane boll of groat meill worth xx merks 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII. 366.
A beis skep, a groat box