[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gross \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. engross, grocer, grogram.
   1. great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
      "a gross fat man." --shak.
      1913 webster

            a gross body of horse under the duke. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
      1913 webster

   3. not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception
      or feeling; dull; witless.
      1913 webster

            tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   4. expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual
      appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
      1913 webster

            the terms which are delicate in one age become gross
            in the next.                          --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   5. hence: disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a
      gross remark.
      pjc

   6. thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
      1913 webster

   7. great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross
      mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
      1913 webster

   8. whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross
      sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; -- opposed to
      net.
      1913 webster

   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 weight, or net weight.
      1913 webster
see also:
grosser grossest engross grocer grogram net. 
gross adventure gross average general average gross receipts gross weight 
neat weight net weight 

[2] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

gross weight. the total weight of goods or merchandise, with the chests, 
bags, and the like, from which. are to be deducted tare and tret. 

Gross Weight >> G Words
Gross Weight, definition of term: Gross Weight
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Gross >> G Words
Gross, definition of term: Gross
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Gross National >> G Words
Gross National, definition of term: Gross National
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Gross Profit >> G Words
Gross Profit, definition of term: Gross Profit
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Gross Margin >> G Words
Gross Margin, definition of term: Gross Margin
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Gross Income >> G Words
Gross Income, definition of term: Gross Income
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Gross Domestic >> G Words
Gross Domestic, definition of term: Gross Domestic
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Middle Weight >> M Words
Middle Weight, definition of term: Middle Weight
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Imperial Weight >> I Words
Imperial Weight, definition of term: Imperial Weight
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Dead Weight >> D Words
Dead Weight, definition of term: Dead Weight
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