Definition of gross

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

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Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts..
Fleshy :: Fleshy (superl.) Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross..
Brutal :: Brutal (a.) Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners..
Coarseness :: Coarseness (n.) The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language..
Blunder :: Blunder (v. i.) To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription..
Grossular :: Grossular (a.) A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; -- called also grossularite.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
Carnal-mindedness :: Carnal-mindedness (n.) Grossness of mind.
Disengagement :: Disengagement (n.) Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.
Carnality :: Carnality (n.) The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind..
Rectify :: Rectify (v. t.) To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine..
Fat-kidneyed :: Fat-kidneyed (a.) Gross; lubberly.
Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.
Chirograph :: Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party..
Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals..
Exorbitancy :: Exorbitancy (n.) A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands..
Palpable :: Palpable (a.) Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors..
Immersed :: Immersed (p. p. & a.) Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
Flagitious :: Flagitious (a.) Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc..
Grossularia :: Grossularia (n.) Same as Grossular.
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