The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gross \Gross\, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2). See Gross, a.]
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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.
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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.
Usage examples of "by the gross".
His new office, in his palace near Wawel Cathedral, was as ornate as a church altar, with brightly painted carved wood encrusting the walls and ceiling, but he had moved one of our standard wooden desks into it, the sort that our cabinet shop turned out by the gross.
They were already selling belt buckles and door hinges by the gross.
They reason thus because, blinded by the gross illusion of the flesh and the darkness of human understanding, they are unable to comprehend the hideous malice of mortal sin.
Sages and mystics by the gross, you stumble over 'em just walking down the street.
Gadon's been knocking around the palace here for the past half-year buying up court functionaries by the gross.
If she were only willing to give Engineering two or three days, they could design a conversion set the maintenance and repair servomechs could turn out by the gross.