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▪ I. gros
pa. tense grise v. Obs.
▪ II. ‖ gros, a.|gro|
[Fr. (see gross a.).]
Occurring in various French designations, as gros bleu, a dark blue used to paint china; Gros Michel, the West Indian banana; gros point, (a) (de Venise) a type of lace worked in bold relief, originally from Venice; (b) any of a variety of stitches employed in canvas embroidery; gros sel, coarse salt (in quot. 1917 fig.).
1870Lady C. Schreiber Jrnl. 22 Feb. (1911) I. 74 Sèvres cups and saucers, gros bleu, with gold decoration. 1882Hamilton Sale Catal. No. 495 A Gros-bleu and Gold Sevres Coffee-cup and Saucer. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 638/1 The chief colours [of Sèvres porcelain] are gros bleu, a very dark blue; bleu du roi, [etc.]. 1961Connoisseur New Guide Ant. Eng. Pott., Porc., & Glass 57 The ground colours of Sèvres were also imitated, such as the ‘gros bleu’ (called ‘mazarine’ blue). 1970Times 10 Mar. 7/2 (Advt.), Gros-bleu and blue-scale wares with floral and bird decoration.
1913W. Fawcett Banana i. 16 An improvement on the ordinary fruit occurred in Martinique, and eighty years ago M. Jean Francois Pouyat..was..sufficiently alive to its importance to introduce it into Jamaica. This variety..is known now as the Jamaican or Gros Michel banana. 1927Observer 17 Apr. 7/1 The Gros Michel..which comes from Jamaica. 1951New Biol. XI. 67 But, when it is a question of really large scale enterprise, the banana is the Gros Michel banana, sometimes known as the Jamaica banana. 1962Queensland Fruit & Veg. News 11 Oct. 338/1 Bodles Altafort has good qualities, which are superior to those of Lacatan and Gros Michel.
[1390: see point n.1 B. 5.] 1865F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 47 This is our Rose (raised) Venice point, the Gros Point de Venise, the Punto a rilievo, so highly prized and so extensively used for albs, collerettes, berthes, and costly decoration. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 186 Works of bold design done in relief are called ‘gros point de Venise’. 1911Ibid. XVI. (caption, facing p. 40), Jabot of needlepoint lace worked partly in relief, and usually known as ‘gros point de Venise’. 1934M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 110 Gros point, a term sometimes used when referring to certain Canvas Stitches worked over two or more horizontal threads of the canvas, such as the variations of Cross Stitch, Florentine Stitch and the Gobelin Stitches. 1958Observer 20 July 9/1 What appears as gros-point embroidery worked with the greatest skill in the shape of birds, trees and flowers, proves to be a design woven into the silk fabric. 1962Victoria & Albert Mus. Internat. Art Treas. Exhib. 9/1 A George I needlework winged armchair with upholstered adjustable back and loose cushion seat covered with floral gros-point needlework. 1968Times 8 Feb. 8/8 Since beginning rehearsals..she has almost completed a chair cover in gros point.
[1849Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxiv. 340 He instantly related a funny story, seasoned with what the French call gros sel.] 1917G. Saintsbury Hist. Fr. Novel I. viii. 169 There is no want of salt, though there is no (or very little) gros sel in the Astrée. 1935M. Morphy Recipes of all Nations 30 Sprinkle it with salt—the French always use ‘gros sel’, a very coarse salt, which gives an excellent flavour. 1958Spectator 15 Aug. 222/2 The Maldon Crystal Salt Company's product is apparently the only gros sel sold in this country and is a 99.617 per cent. pure sea-water evaporation from the Blackwater estuary. 1967Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 5 Mar. 42/1 That first purchase of gros sel for cooking.
▪ III. gros(e
variant or obs. form of gross. |