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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Spurrit grote, n. [Spur(e v. and Grote n.¹] A particular sort of coin. 'The groats were first introduced by David II, and those struck by him and his successor were long afterwards known as the spurred groats from the mullet in the angles of the cross.' R. W. Cochran-Patrick Records of the Coinage of Scotland, from the earliest period to the Union (1876) I vii. — 1468 Acts II 92/1.
The spurrit grote xiij d.