/shrof/ , n.
1. (in India) a banker or money-changer.
2. (in the Far East, esp. China) a native expert employed to test coins and separate the base from the genuine.
v.t.
3. to test (coins) in order to separate the base from the genuine.
[ 1610-20; earlier sharoffe
xarrafo, prob. saraf sayrafi moneychanger ]