Gross

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·superl Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.

II. Gross ·adj The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.

III. Gross ·superl Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

IV. Gross ·superl Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

V. Gross ·superl Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.

VI. Gross (·sg & ·pl) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

VII. Gross ·superl Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.

VIII. Gross ·superl Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.

IX. Gross ·superl Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight;

— opposed to net.

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