GROSS  , properly thick, bulky, the meaning of the See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. grossus . The Latin word has usually been taken as cognate with See also:

• CRASSUS (literally " dense," " thick," " fat ")

crassus, thick, but this is now doubted . It also appears not to be connected with the Ger. gross, a See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word represented in See also:

• ENGLISH

English by " See also:

• GREAT

great." Apart from its See also:

• DIRECT

direct meaning,, and such figurative senses as coarse, vulgar or flagrant, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief uses are whole, entire, without See also:

• DEDUCTION (from Lat. deducere, to take or lead from or out of, derive)

deduction, as opposed to " See also:

• NET

net," or as applied to that which is sold in bulk as opposed to " See also:

• RETAIL

retail " (cf . " See also:

• GROCER

grocer " and " See also:

• ENGROSSING

engrossing ") . As a unit of See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale, "gross" equals 12 dozen, 144, sometimes known as " small gross," in contrast with "great gross," i.e . 12 gross, 144 dozen . As a technical expression in English See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, " in gross" is applied to an incorporeal See also:

• HEREDITAMENT (from Lat. heredilare, to inherit, heres, heir)

hereditament attached to the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of an owner, in contradistinction to one which is appendant or appurtenant, that is, attached to the ownership of See also:

• LAND

land (see See also:

• COMMONS

CoMMONs) .