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# groats

noun (plural only)

«groats» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Hulled grain, such as oats, crushed and cooked as porridge. (old use) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groats/#m1)
2. An old English coin worth four pence. (old use) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groats/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, groats are grain for food or old coins paid as money

### Examples

- She made groats for breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groats/#x1)
- Jan carried a bag of groats home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groats/#x2)
- Long ago, a groat was a coin worth four pence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groats/#x3)

### Note

if groats are coins, each groat is worth 4 pence, so multiply the number of groats by 4; if they are grain, nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It names crushed new grain from the fresh ear, given as the first-fruit offering. In the Prophets and Writings it is plain crushed grain: a woman strews it over a well's mouth to hide David's messengers, and a proverb speaks of a fool pounded in a mortar among groats.

**Interpretation.** This is the meal offering of the first fruits, brought with oil and frankincense. Part of it is burned as a reminder, and the priests eat the rest. The proverb is read as teaching that a stubborn fool does not change even under harsh treatment.

### Examples

- And if thou bring a meal-offering of first-fruits unto the LORD, thou shalt bring for the meal-offering of thy first-fruits corn in the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear. (Torah LEV.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x1)
- And the priest shall make the memorial-part of it smoke, even of the groats thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. (Torah LEV.2.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x2)
- And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known. (Prophets 2SA.17.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x3)
- Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Writings PRO.27.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/#x4)

### Note

if groats are coins, each groat is worth 4 pence, so multiply the number of groats by 4; if they are grain, nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «groats» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groats/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«groats» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/groats.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «groats» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/groats/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«groats» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/groats.html) on Mova free.