▪ I. ‖ grano1
(ˈgrano)
Pl. grani (ˈgrani).
[It.; = grain n.1]
A money of account in Southern Italy and the Mediterranean, = about 1/12d. sterling (1900).
| 1858 in Simmonds Dict. Trade. 1860 Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 57 A Neapolitan..Decree imposes a Light Due of four grani per ton. |
▪ II. grano2
(ˈgrænəʊ)
abbrev. granolithic n.
| 1940 Archit. Rev. LXXXVIII. 40 The floor of the stoep is finished in shiny black grano. 1951 Ibid. CIX. 290 A wood roof with corrugated asbestos covering, wood and grano floors. 1958 J. S. Scott Dict. Civ. Engin. 165 Granolithic or grano, a screed of cement, sand, and granite chippings floated over concrete floors to give a smooth, hard-wearing surface about 1½ in. thick. |