GROATS

Groats (?), n. pl. [[OE. grot, AS. grātan; akin to Icel. grautr porridge, and to E. gritt, grout. See Grout.]] Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits. Embden groats, crushed oats.