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3. pl. Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
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4. (Geol.) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.
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5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
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6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude. C. Reade. E. P. Whipple.
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Grit (grĭt), v. i. To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
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The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. Goldsmith.
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Grit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gritting.] To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Collog.]
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Grith (grĭth), n. [AS. grið peace; akin to Icel. grid.] Peace; security; agreement. [Obs.] Gower.

{ Gritrock (grĭtrŏk), Gritstone (-stōn) } n. (Geol.) See , n., 4.
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Grittiness (-tĭnĕs), n. The quality of being gritty.
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Gritty (-t�), a. 1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
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2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.]
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Grivet (grĭvĕt), n. [Cf. F. grivet.] (Zoöl.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.
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Grize (grīz or grēz), n. Same as . [Obs.]
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Grizelin (grĭz�lĭn), a. See .
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Grizzle (?), n. [F. gris: cf. grisaille hair partly gray, fr. gris gray. See , and cf. .] Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black. Shak.
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Grizzle (?), v. t. & i. To make or become grizzly, or grayish.
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Hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children. R. F. Burton.
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I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a
grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey. Pall Mall Mag.
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Grizzle, v. i. & t. [Etym. uncertain.] To worry; to fret; to bother; grumble. [Prov. Eng.] “Don't sit grizzling there.” Charles Reade.
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Grizzled (?), a. Gray; grayish; sprinkled or mixed with gray; of a mixed white and black.
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Grizzled hair flowing in elf locks. Sir W. Scott.
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Grizzly (?), a. Somewhat gray; grizzled.
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Old squirrels that turn grizzly. Bacon.
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Coloq. Grizzly bear (Zoöl.), a large and ferocious bear (Ursus horribilis) of Western North America and the Rocky Mountains. It is remarkable for the great length of its claws.
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Grizzly, n.; pl. Grizzlies (�). 1. (Zoöl.) A grizzly bear. See under , a.
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2. pl. In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices. [Local, U. S.] Raymond.
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Groan (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Groaning.] [OE. gronen, granen, granien, AS. gr�nian, fr. the root of grennian to grin. √35. See , and cf. .] 1. To give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing; to utter a groan, as in pain, in sorrow, or in derision; to moan.
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For we . . . do groan, being burdened. 2 Cor. v. 4.
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He heard the groaning of the oak. Sir W. Scott.
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2. To strive after earnestly, as with groans.
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Nothing but holy, pure, and clear,
Or that which groaneth to be so. Herbert.
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Groan, v. t. To affect by groans.
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Groan, n. A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans.
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Such groans of roaring wind and rain. Shak.
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The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. Shak.
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Groanful (?), a. Agonizing; sad. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Groat (?), n. [LG. grōte, orig., great, that is, a great piece of coin, larger than other coins in former use. See .] 1. An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.
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2. Any small sum of money.
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Groats (?), n. pl. [OE. grot, AS. grātan; akin to Icel. grautr porridge, and to E. gritt, grout. See .] Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits.
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Coloq. Embden groats , crushed oats.
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Grobian (?), n. [G., fr. grob rude. Cf. , a.] A rude or clownish person; boor; lout.
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Grocer (?), n. [Formerly written grosser, orig., one who sells by the gross, or deals by wholesale, fr. F. grossier, marchand grossier, fr. gros large, great. See .] A trader who deals in meats, dairy products, produce, tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities.
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Coloq. Grocer's itch (Med.), a disease of the skin, caused by handling sugar and treacle.
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Grocery (?), n.; pl. Groceries (#). [F. grosserie wholesale. See .] 1. The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.
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A deal box . . . to carry groceries in. Goldsmith.
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The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery. Macaulay.
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2. A retail grocer's shop or store. [U. S.]
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groenendael n. A black-coated sheep dog with a heavily plumed tail.
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Grog (grŏg), n. [So named from “Old Grog” a nickname given to Admiral Vernon, in allusion to his wearing a grogram cloak in foul weather. He is said to have been the first to dilute the rum of the sailors (about 1745).] A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor.
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Coloq. Grog blossom , a redness on the nose or face of persons who drink ardent spirits to excess. [Collog.]
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Groggery (?), n.; pl. Groggeries (#). A grogshop. [Slang, U. S.]
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Grogginess (?), n. 1. State of being groggy.
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2. (Man.) Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner.
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Groggy (?), a. 1. Overcome with grog; tipsy; unsteady on the legs. [Colloq.]
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2. Weakened in a fight so as to stagger; -- said of pugilists. [Cant or Slang]
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3. (Man.) Moving in a hobbling manner, owing to ten der feet; -- said of a horse. Youatt.

{ Grogram (?), Grogran (?), } n. [OF. gros-grain, lit., gros-grain, of a coarse texture. See , and a kernel, and cf. .] A coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk.
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Grogshop (?), n. A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a dramshop.
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Groin (?), n. [F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L. grunnire.] The snout of a swine. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Groin, v. i. [F. grogner to grunt, grumble.] To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Bears that groined coatinually. Spenser.
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Groin, n. [Icel. grein distinction, division, branch; akin to Sw. gren, branch, space between the legs, Icel. greina to distinguish, divide, Sw. grena to branch, straddle. Cf. a branch.] 1. (Anat.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
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2. (Arch.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
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3. (Math.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
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4. A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [Eng.] Weale.
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Groin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Groined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Groining.] (Arch.) To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
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The hand that rounded Peter's dome,
And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
Wrought in a sad sincerity. Emerson.
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Groined (?), a. (Arch.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault.
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Grolier (?), n. The name by which Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a French bibliophile, is commonly known; -- used in naming a certain style of binding, a design, etc.

Coloq. Grolier binding , a book binding decorated with a pattern imitated from those given covers of books bound for Jean Grolier, and bearing his name and motto. -- Coloq. Grolier design or Coloq. Grolier school , the pattern of interlacing bars, bands, or ribbons, with little scrolls of slender gold lines, assumed to be an imitation of the designs on Jean Grolier's book bindings.
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Gromet (?), n. Same as .
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Gromill (?), n. (Bot.) See .
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Grommet (?), n. [F. gourmette curb, curb chain, fr. gourmer to curb, thump, beat; cf. Armor. gromm a curb, gromma to curb.] 1. A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grummet.
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2. (Mil.) A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.
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Gromwell (?), n. [Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all prob. fr. F. gr?mil, cf. W. cromandi.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera. [Written also gromill.]
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Grond (?), obs. imp. of . Chaucer.
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Gronte (?), obs. imp. of . Chaucer.
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Groom (?), n. [Cf. Scot. grome, groyme, grume, gome, guym, man, lover, OD. grom boy, youth; perh. the r is an insertion as in E. bridegroom, and the word is the same as AS. guma man. See .] 1. A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable. Spenser.
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2. One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole.
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3. A man recently married, or about to be married; a bridegroom. Dryden.
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Coloq. Groom porter , formerly an officer in the English royal household, who attended to the furnishing of the king's lodgings and had certain privileges.
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Groom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Grooming.] To tend or care for, or to curry or clean, as a, horse.
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Groomer (?), n. One who, or that which, grooms horses; especially, a brush rotated by a flexible or jointed revolving shaft, for cleaning horses.
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grooming n. 1. Preparing a person for a position requiring skilled behavior, especially by providing opposrtunity for practise and guidance in making the right decisions; as, to provide grooming for one's successor as president. [wns=1]
Syn. -- training, preparation.
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2. The activity of getting dressed, washed and generally of neat appearance. [wns=2]
Syn. -- dressing.
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3. The activity of cleaning oneself or others by removing lice, ticks, dirt, etc. from the fur; -- of animals.
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Groomsman (?), n.; pl. Groomsmen (�). A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the chief attendant is also called the best man; -- the correlative of bridesmaid.
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Grooper (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Groove (?), n. [D. groef, groeve; akin to E. grove. See .] 1. A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.
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2. Hence: The habitual course of life, work, or affairs; fixed routine.
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The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove. J. Morley.
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3. [See .] (Mining) A shaft or excavation. [Prov. Eng.]
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Groove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grooved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Groving.] To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
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grooved adj. 1. [p. p. ] having grooves; as, a record is a grooved disk.
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2. marked by thin parallel marks or channels.
Syn. -- canaliculate.
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Groover (?), n. 1. One who or that which grooves.
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2. A miner. [Prov. Eng.] Holloway.
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Grooving (?), n. The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.

groovy (gr�v�), a. Very pleasant or very enjoyable; marvelous; wonderful; excellent; -- expressing strong approval, usually of enjoyable experiences. [informal, 1960's] [wns=1]
Syn. -- bang-up, bully, cool, corking, cracking, dandy, far-out, great, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(predicate), out-of-sight, outtasight, peachy, psychedelic, slap-up, swell, smashing.
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2. Very chic; as, groovy clothes. [British informal] [wns=2]
Syn. -- swagger.
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3. same as . [informal, 1960's]
Syn. -- hip, with it.
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Grope (grōp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groped (grōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Groping.] [OE. gropen, gropien, grapien, AS. grāpian to touch, grope, fr. grīpan to gripe. See .] 1. To feel with or use the hands; to handle. [Obs.]
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2. To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
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We grope for the wall like the blind. Is. lix. 10.
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To grope a little longer among the miseries and sensualities ot a worldly life. Buckminster.
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Grope, v. t. 1. To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.
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2. To examine; to test; to sound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe. Genevan Test. (Acts xxiv. ).
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Groper (?), n. One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or searches by feeling.
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Gropingly, adv. In a groping manner.
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Gros (grō), n. [F. See .] A heavy silk with a dull finish; as, gros de Naples; gros de Tours.
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Grosbeak (?), n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.] (Zoöl.) One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.
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☞ Among the best known American species are the rose-breasted (Habia Ludoviciana); the blue (Guiraca cœrulea); the pine (Pinicola enucleator); and the evening grosbeak. See , and Cardinal grosbeak, Evening grosbeak, under and . [Written also grossbeak.]

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Groschen (?), n. [G.] A small silver coin and money of account of Germany, worth about two cents. It was discontinued in the new monetary system of the empire and not subsequeently used.
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Grosgrain (?), a. [F. Cf. .] Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
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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. , , .] 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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Coloq. Gross adventure (Law) the loan of money upon bottomry, i. e., on a mortgage of a ship. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Gross receipts , the total of the receipts, before they are diminished by any deduction, as for expenses; -- distinguished from net profits. Abbott. -- Coloq. 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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Gross, n. [F. gros (in sense 1), grosse (in sense 2). See , a.] 1. The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. “The gross of the enemy.” Addison.
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For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle. Burke.
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2. sing. & pl. The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
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Coloq. Advowson in gross (Law), an advowson belonging to a person, and not to a manor. -- Coloq. A great gross , twelve gross; one hundred and forty-four dozen. -- Coloq. By the gross , by the quantity; at wholesale. -- Coloq. Common in gross . (Law) See under , n. -- Coloq. In the gross , Coloq. In gross , in the bulk, or the undivided whole; all parts taken together.
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Grossbeak (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Gross-headed (?), a. Thick-skulled; stupid.
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Grossification (?), n. [Gross + L. ficare (in comp.) to make. See .] 1. The act of making gross or thick, or the state of becoming so.
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2. (Bot.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.
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Grossly, adv. In a gross manner; greatly; coarsely; without delicacy; shamefully; disgracefully.
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Grossness, n. The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness.
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Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy. Dr. T. Dwight.
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Grossular (?), a. [NL. grossularius, from Grossularia a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, fr. F. groseille. See .] Pertaining too, or resembling, a gooseberry; as, grossular garnet.
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Grossular, n. [See , a.] (Min.) A translucent garnet of a pale green color like that of the gooseberry; -- called also grossularite.
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Grossularia (?), n. [NL. See .] (Min.) Same as .
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Grossulin (?), n. [See .] (Chem.) A vegetable jelly, resembling pectin, found in gooseberries (Ribes Grossularia) and other fruits.
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grosz n. (grōsh) groszy (grōshē) a Polish monetary unit, equal to 1/100 of a zloty.
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