Part 4995

<blockquote>A <b>gross</b> body of horse under the Duke. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.</def>

<blockquote>Tell her of things that no <b>gross</b> ear can hear. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.</def>

<blockquote>The terms which are delicate in one age become <b>gross</b> in the next. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Thick; dense; not attenuated; <as>as, a gross medium</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; <as>as, a <ex>gross</ex> mistake; <ex>gross</ex> injustice; <ex>gross</ex> negligence.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Whole; entire; total; without deduction; <as>as, the <ex>gross</ex> sum, or <ex>gross</ex> amount, the <ex>gross</ex> weight</as>; -- opposed to <contr>net.</contr></def>

<cs><col>Gross adventure</col> <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>the loan of money upon bottomry, <it>i. e.</it>, on a mortgage of a ship.</cd> -- <col>Gross average</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>that kind of average which falls upon the gross or entire amount of ship, cargo, and freight; -- commonly called <altname>general average</altname>.</cd> <i>Bouvier</i>. <i>Burrill</i>. -- <col>Gross receipts</col>, <cd>the total of the receipts, before they are diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; -- distinguished from <i>net profits</i>.</cd> <i>Abbott</i>. -- <col>Gross weight</col> <cd>the total weight of merchandise or goods, without deduction for tare, tret, or waste; -- distinguished from <i>neat<i>, or <i>net<i>, <i>weight<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gross</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gross</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gros</ets> (in sense 1), <ets>grosse</ets> (in sense 2) See <er>Gross</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.</def> "The gross of the enemy."

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>For the <b>gross</b> of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <tt>sing. & pl.</tt> <def>The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; <as>as, a <ex>gross</ex> of bottles; ten <ex>gross</ex> of pens.</as></def>

<cs><col>Advowson in gross</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an advowson belonging to a person, and not to a manor.</cd> -- <col>A great gross</col>, <cd>twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four dozen.</cd> -- <col>By the gross</col>, <cd>by the quantity; at wholesale.</cd> -- <col>Common in gross</col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Common</er>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <mcol><col>In the gross</col>, <col>In gross</col></mcol>, <cd>in the bulk, or the undivided whole; all parts taken together.</cd></cs>

<h1>Grossbeak</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gross"beak`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Grosbeak</er>.</def>

<h1>Gross-headed</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gross"-head`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Thick-skulled; stupid.</def>

<h1>Grossification</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gross`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gross</ets> + L. <ets>ficare</ets> (in comp.) to make. See <er>-fy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.</def>

<h1>Grossly</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gross"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.</def>

<h1>Grossness</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gross"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.</def>

<blockquote>Abhor the swinish <b>grossness</b> that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy. <i>Dr. T. Dwight. </i></blockquote>