- groats
[groats 词源字典]
- groats: see grit
[groats etymology, groats origin, 英语词源] - groats (n.)
- "hulled grain coarsely ground or crushed; oatmeal," early 14c., from grot "piece, fragment," from Old English grot "particle," from same root as grit (n.). The word also meant "excrement in pellets" (mid-15c.).