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

gross \gross\, n. f. gros in sense 1, grosse in sense 2.
   see gross, a.
   1. the main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass. "the gross
      of the enemy." --addison.
      1913 webster

            for the gross of the people, they are considered as
            a mere herd of cattle.                --burke.
      1913 webster

   2. sing.  pl. the number of twelve dozen; twelve times
      twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
gross advowson in gross a great gross by the gross common in gross common 
in the gross in gross 

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

in gross. at large; not appurtenant or appendant, but annexed to a man's 
person: e.g. common granted to a man and his heirs by deed, is common in 
gross; or common in gross may be claimed by prescriptive right. 2 bl. com. 
34. 

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