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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