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Ross
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(superl.) Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
(2):
(superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
(3):
(superl.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; - opposed to net.
(4):
(a.) The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
(5):
(sing. & pl.) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
(6):
(superl.) Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
(7):
(superl.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
(8):
(superl.) Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
(9):
(superl.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ross'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/ross.html. 1828.
