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.

GROATS. To save his groats; to come off handsomely: at
the universities, nine groats are deposited in the hands of an
academic officer, by every person standing for a degree;
which if the depositor obtains with honour, the groats are
returned to him.