From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gross \Gross\, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2).
See {Gross}, a.]
1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. "The gross
of the enemy." --Addison.
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For the gross of the people, they are considered as
a mere herd of cattle. --Burke.
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2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times
twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
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{Advowson in gross} (Law), an advowson belonging to a person,
and not to a manor.
{A great gross}, twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four
dozen.
{By the gross}, by the quantity; at wholesale.
{Common in gross}. (Law) See under {Common}, n.
{In the gross}, {In gross}, in the bulk, or the undivided
whole; all parts taken together.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Gross \Gross\, a. [Compar. {Grosser}; superl. {Grossest}.] [F.
gros, L. grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E.
crass, cf. Skr. grathita tied together, wound up, hardened.
Cf. {Engross}, {Grocer}, {Grogram}.]
1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
"A gross fat man." --Shak.
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A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton.
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2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
or feeling; dull; witless.
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Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
--Milton.
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4. Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
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The terms which are delicate in one age become gross
in the next. --Macaulay.
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5. Hence: Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
gross remark.
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6. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
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7. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
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8. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
{net.}
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{Gross adventure} (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i.
e., on a mortgage of a ship.
{Gross average} (Law), that kind of average which falls upon
the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; --
commonly called {general average}. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
{Gross receipts}, the total of the receipts, before they are
diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; --
distinguished from net profits. --Abbott.
{Gross weight} the total weight of merchandise or goods,
without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; --
distinguished from {neat weight}, or {net weight}.
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