Chapter Groggery to Ground of G by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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.

Gross
(Gross), n. [F. gros grosse 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.

Grossbeak
(Gross"beak`) n. (Zoöl.) See Grosbeak.

Gross-headed
(Gross"-head`ed) a. Thick- skulled; stupid.

Grossification
(Gross`i*fi*ca"tion) n. [Gross + L. ficare (in comp.) to make. See - fy.]

1. The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.

2. (Bot.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.

Grossly
(Gross"ly), adv. In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.

Grossness
(Gross"ness), n. The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.

Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy.

Dr. T. Dwight.

Grossular
(Gros"su*lar) a. [NL. grossularius, from Grossularia a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, fr. F. groseille. See Gooseberry.] Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet.

Grossular
(Gros"su*lar), n. [See Grossular, a.] (Min.) A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; — called also grossularite.

Grossularia
(||Gros`su*la"ria) n. [NL. See Grossular.] (Min.) Same as Grossular.

Grossulin
(Gros"su*lin) n. [See Grossular.] (Chem.) A vegetable jelly, resembling pectin, found in gooseberries (Ribes Grossularia) and other fruits.

Grot
(Grot) n. [F. grotte, It. grotta. See Grotto.] A grotto. [Poetic] Milton.