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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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*Greffon, n. [Late ME. greffon (c 1435), a griffin, var. of Griffon.] A gold coin bearing the image of a griffin. —1494 Halyb. 51.
In the box . . gold onderwrittin . . , iij greffons, hall, half and quatiris
