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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plural of grano.

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Examples

  • WV:grani- His grani probably loved the cake, but nobody else did.

    Panic at the Disco Jen 2009

  • Ope staterae sidae ponduscula mihi confeci in ratione dupla progredientia, quorum minium grani tritici pondus no superabat.

    The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

  • According to a report by Vladimir Milov (a former deputy minister of energy) and Boris Nemtsov (the former Russian first deputy prime minister) published on the Web site, grani. ru, while Mr. Medvedev was the head of Gazprom, 6.3% of the shares worth $20 billion disappeared.

    Putin Changes Jobs – And Russia 2008

  • Working backward from the reports at grani. ru, we find an August 7 statement posted at memo. ru, the website for the Memorial International Society founded by Sergei Kovalev.

    Russian Activists Speak for Peace 2008

  • Bernstein sourced his report to the Russian news site grani. ru, which may be the most balanced news agency to report on the conflict.

    Russian Activists Speak for Peace 2008

  • Ad littus huius reperiuntur multi lapides praeciositatis immensæ et metalli grani carissimi, nec non et auri mineriæ, multumque descendit in eo natans lignum Aloes ex Paradiso, quod rebus miræ virtutis inserit Salomon in Canticis.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Item decem & octo denarios de quolibet panno, in quo pars grani fuerit intermixta.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Ad littus huius reperiuntur multi lapides praeciositatis immens� et metalli grani carissimi, nec non et auri mineri�, multumque descendit in eo natans lignum Aloes ex Paradiso, quod rebus mir� virtutis inserit Salomon in Canticis.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Giufà, however, kept crying: "Your share is four _grani_."

    Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

  • The thieves outside thought he was dividing the money among the dead and said to each other: "How many he must have called if they receive but four _grani_ apiece!" and ran away as fast as they could run.

    Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

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