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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GROSS, a. [L. crassus.]
1. Thick; bulky; particularly applied to animals; fat; corpulent; as a gross man; a gross body.
2. Coarse; rude; rough; not delicate; as gross sculpture.
3. Coarse, in a figurative sense; rough; mean; particularly, vulgar; obscene; indelicate; as gross language; gross jests.
4. Thick; large; opposed to fine; as wood or stone of a gross grain.
5. Impure; unrefined; as gross sensuality.
6. Great; palpable; as a gross mistake; gross injustice.
7. Coarse; large; not delicate; as gross features.
8. Thick; dense; not attenuated; not refined or pure; as a gross medium of sight; gross air; gross elements.
9. Unseemly; enormous; shameful; great; as gross corruptions; gross vices.
10. Stupid; dull.
Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
11. Whole; entire; as the gross sum, or gross amount, as opposed to a sum consisting of separate or specified parts.
GROSS, n. The main body; the chief part; the bulk; the mass; as the gross of the people. [We now use bulk.]
1. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as a gross of bottles. It never has the plural form. We say, five gross or ten gross.
In the gross, in gross, in the bulk, or the whole undivided; all parts taken together.
By the gross, in a like sense.
Gross weight, is the weight of merchandize or goods, with the dust and dross, the bag, cask, chest, etc., in which they are contained, for which an allowance is to be made of tare and tret. This being deducted, the remainder or real weight is denominated neat or net weight. Gross weight has lately been abolished in Connecticut by statute, May, 1827.
In English law, a villain in gross, was one who did not belong to the land, but immediately to the person of the lord, and was transferrable by deed, like chattels, from one owner to another.
Advowson in gross, an advowson separated from the property of a manor,and annexed to the person of its owner.
Common in gross, is common annexed to a man's person, and not appurtenant to land.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: before any deductions; "gross income" [ant: net, nett]
2: lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
3: repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: gross, porcine]
4: visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) [syn: megascopic, gross]
5: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated]
6: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: crude, earthy, gross, vulgar]
7: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank] n
1: twelve dozen [syn: gross, 144]
2: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made [syn: gross, revenue, receipts] v
1: earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English grosse, from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French gros large, thick, whole, from Late Latin grossus coarse Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic immediately obvious b. (1) glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness <a gross error> (2) out-and-out, utter <a gross injustice> c. visible without the aid of a microscope 2. a. big, bulky; especially excessively fat b. growing or spreading with excessive luxuriance 3. a. of, relating to, or dealing with general aspects or broad distinctions b. consisting of an overall total exclusive of deductions <gross income> — compare net 4. made up of material or perceptible elements 5. archaic not fastidious in taste ; undiscriminating 6. a. coarse in nature or behavior ; unrefined b. gravely deficient in civility or decency ; crudely vulgar <merely gross, a scatological rather than a pornographic impropriety — Aldous Huxley> c. inspiring disgust or distaste <that sandwich looks gross> 7. deficient in knowledge ; ignorant, untutored Synonyms: see coarse, flagrant • grossly adverb • grossness noun II. noun Date: 1579 1. obsolete amount, sum 2. overall total exclusive of deductions III. transitive verb Date: 1884 to earn or bring in (an overall total) exclusive of deductions (as for taxes or expenses) • grosser noun IV. noun (plural gross) Etymology: Middle English gros, probably from Anglo-French grosse sum, whole, from feminine of gros Date: 14th century an aggregate of 12 dozen things <a gross of pencils>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., v., & n. --adj. 1 overfed, bloated; repulsively fat. 2 (of a person, manners, or morals) noticeably coarse, unrefined, or indecent. 3 flagrant; conspicuously wrong (gross negligence). 4 total; without deductions; not net (gross tonnage; gross income). 5 a luxuriant, rank. b thick, solid, dense. 6 (of the senses etc.) dull; lacking sensitivity. --v.tr. produce or earn as gross profit or income. --n. (pl. same) an amount equal to twelve dozen. Phrases and idioms: by the gross in large quantities; wholesale. gross domestic product the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country in one year. gross national product the gross domestic product plus the total of net income from abroad. gross out US sl. disgust, esp. by repulsive or obscene behaviour. gross up increase (a net amount) to its value before deductions. Derivatives: grossly adv. grossness n. Etymology: ME f. OF gros grosse large f. LL grossus: (n.) f. F grosse douzaine large dozen

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. A gross body of horse under the Duke. --Milton. 2. Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate. 3. Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless. Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear. --Milton. 4. Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure. The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next. --Macaulay. 5. Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium. 6. Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence. 7. Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to net. 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, or net, weight.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle. --Burke. 2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(grosser, grossest, grosses, grossing, grossed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The plural of the number is 'gross'. 1. You use gross to describe something unacceptable or unpleasant to a very great amount, degree, or intensity. The company were guilty of gross negligence. ...an act of gross injustice. ADJ: ADJ n • grossly Funding of education had been grossly inadequate for years... She was grossly overweight. ADV: ADV -ed/adj 2. If you say that someone's speech or behaviour is gross, you think it is very rude or unacceptable. He abused the Admiral in the grossest terms... I feel disgusted and wonder how I could ever have been so gross. ADJ [disapproval] 3. If you describe something as gross, you think it is very unpleasant. (INFORMAL) They had a commercial on the other night for Drug Free America that was so gross I thought Daddy was going to faint... He wears really gross holiday outfits. ADJ [disapproval] 4. If you describe someone as gross, you mean that they are extremely fat and unattractive. I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross. ADJ: v-link ADJ [disapproval] 5. Gross means the total amount of something, especially money, before any has been taken away. ...a fixed rate account guaranteeing 10.4% gross interest or 7.8% net until October. ADJ: ADJ n • Gross is also an adverb. Interest is paid gross, rather than having tax deducted. ...a father earning £20,000 gross a year. ADV: ADV after v 6. Gross means the total amount of something, after all the relevant amounts have been added together. National Savings gross sales in June totalled £709 million. ADJ: ADJ n 7. Gross means the total weight of something, including its container or wrapping. ADJ: ADJ n 8. If a person or a business grosses a particular amount of money, they earn that amount of money before tax has been taken away. (BUSINESS) So far the films have grossed more than £590 million. VERB: V n 9. A gross is a group of 144 things. He ordered twelve gross of the disks. NUM: usu a/num NUM

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

gros (`araphel): Used twice with "darkness" in Isa 60:2; Jer 13:16. In the New Testament the verb pachuno, "to make fat," is applied twice to "making gross" the heart (Mt 13:15; Ac 28:27).

See GREASE.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Large, big, bulky, great. 2. Dense, thick. 3. Coarse, rough, rude, unrefined, unseemly, unbecoming. 4. Indelicate, sensual, impure, vulgar, low, broad. 5. Enormous, flagrant, shameful, outrageous, grievous, aggravated. 6. Palpable, manifest, glaring. 7. Whole, total, entire, aggregate. II. n. 1. Whole, total, aggregate, gross amount, sum total. 2. Twelve dozen.

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