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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• School of Ross
• Ross, Scotland, Diocese of
• Ross, School of
Webster Dictionary
• Rossness
• Ross-Headed
• Ross (2)
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Alexander Ross
• Alexander Ross Clarke
• New Ross
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Alexander Bishop of Ross
• Burdick, James Ross
• Clark, Ross
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Man of Ross
• Ross, Sir John
• Rosse, William Parsons, Third Earl of
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Ross
• School of Ross
• St. Abban of New Ross
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(1):

(superl.) Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

(2):

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

(3):

(superl.) Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; - opposed to net.

(4):

(a.) The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.

(5):

(sing. & pl.) The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

(6):

(superl.) Expressing, Or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.

(7):

(superl.) Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.

(8):

(superl.) Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

(9):

(superl.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.