granon.1
A money of account in Southern Italy and the Mediterranean, = about 1/ 12d. sterling (1900).
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society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific European
shilling great1474
cent1816
grano1858
dinar1882
para1885
single European currency1950
Euro1971
EUR1996
mark1997
1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products
1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 57 A Neapolitan..Decree imposes a Light Due of four grani per ton.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
granon.2adj.
/ˈɡranəʊ/ = granolithic adj. and n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > concrete > [noun] > types of
tabby1802
beton1813
granolithic1881
reinforced concrete1891
ferro-concrete1896
armoured concrete1898
re-enforced concrete1902
breeze-concrete1930
mass concrete1930
Siporex1938
grano1940
shell concrete1949
no-fines1960
1940 Archit. Rev. 88 40 The floor of the stoep is finished in shiny black grano.
1951 Archit. Rev. 109 290 A wood roof with corrugated asbestos covering, wood and grano floors.
1958 J. S. Scott Dict. Civil 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.11858n.2adj.1940