grosadj.

/ɡro/

Etymology: French (see gross adj.).

Occurring in various French designations.

1. gros bleu n. a dark blue used to paint china.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > dark blue

bicec1430

navy blue1780

marine blue1803

midnight blue1810

Adelaide1831

Oxford blue1842

butcher's blue1851

gros bleu1870

marine1871

gendarme blue1884

navy1884

butcher1892

matelot1927

1870 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 22 Feb. (1911) I. 74 Sèvres cups and saucers, gros bleu, with gold decoration.

1882 Hamilton Sale Catal. No. 495 A Gros-bleu and Gold Sevres Coffee-cup and Saucer.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 638/1 The chief colours [of Sèvres porcelain] are gros bleu, a very dark blue; bleu du roi, [etc.].

1961 New Guide Antique Eng. Pottery Porcelain, & Glass 57 The ground colours of Sèvres were also imitated, such as the ‘gros bleu’ (called ‘mazarine’ blue).

1970 Times 10 Mar. 7/2 (advt.) Gros-bleu and blue-scale wares with floral and bird decoration.

2. Gros Michel n. the West Indian banana.

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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun] > types of

plantain1582

ensete1790

fei1829

Canary banana1889

lady's finger1893

Gros Michel1913

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana > types of

apple of paradise1572

plantain1582

Adam's apple1588

plantain1756

ensete1790

fei1829

Abyssinian banana1859

honey banana1877

scarlet banana1885

Canary banana1889

lady's finger banana1893

Gros Michel1913

honey1938

1913 W. 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.

1927 Observer 17 Apr. 7/1 The Gros Michel..which comes from Jamaica.

1951 New Biol. 11 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.

1962 Queensland Fruit & Veg. News 11 Oct. 338/1 Bodles Altafort has good qualities, which are superior to those of Lacatan and Gros Michel.

3. gros point n. (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.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > using specific materials

gros point1390

plaited stitch1882

plait stitch1901

Parisian stitch1934

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > needle or point > types of

point de Venise1668

French point1675

point d'Espagne1676

Alençon lace1774

point de France1774

point-net1829

rose-point1832

point de Paris1840

point d'Alençon1842

point d'Argentan1842

Irish point1851

point d'aiguille1851

point de gaze1863

Venetian point1864

Burano lace1865

Greek lace1865

gros point1865

mermaid's lace1865

point de neige1865

punto a rilievo1865

punto in aria1865

Regency point1865

Venice point1865

point de reprise1872

point russe1872

Greek point1882

hollie point1882

Venetian raised point1882

point de minute1886

point de Sorrentoc1890

1390 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 35 Johanni Dounton pro j gros poyntes, iij s..pro iiij c clauis paruis..pro ij chesell.

1865 F. 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.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 186 Works of bold design done in relief are called ‘gros point de Venise’.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. facing p. 40 (caption) Jabot of needlepoint lace worked partly in relief, and usually known as ‘gros point de Venise’.

1934 M. 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.

1958 Observer 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.

1962 3rd Internat. Art Treasures Exhib. (Victoria & Albert Mus.) 9/1 A George I needlework winged armchair with upholstered adjustable back and loose cushion seat covered with floral gros-point needlework.

1968 Times 8 Feb. 8/8 Since beginning rehearsals..she has almost completed a chair cover in gros point.

4. gros sel n. coarse salt (in quot. 1917 figurative).

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > salt > [noun] > types of salt

salt-stonea1000

saltc1000

white saltOE

bay-salt1465

rock salt1562

salt upon salt1580

mineral salt1600

sea salt1601

French salt1617

verge-salt1656

table salt1670

pigeon salt1679

salt-cakec1702

tamarisk salt1712

cat-salt1724

butter salt1749

basket-salt1753

Sunday salt1756

rock1807

stoved salt1808

solar salt1861

fishery-salt1883

gros sel1917

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxxiv. 340 He instantly related a funny story, seasoned with what the French call gros sel.]

1917 G. 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.

1935 ‘Countess Morphy’ Recipes All Nations 30 Sprinkle it with salt—the French always use ‘gros sel’, a very coarse salt, which gives an excellent flavour.

1958 Spectator 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.

1967 Sunday Times 5 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 42/1 That first purchase of gros sel for cooking.

5. gros Colmar n. a variety of grape.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of

labruscaa1398

muscadel1517

muscadine1598

olive grape1601

grapeletc1620

burlace1629

frontignaca1642

fox-grape1648

verjuice grape1648

muscat1655

morillon1691

muscatel1691

grapeling1694

chasselas1699

muscadella1707

frontignan1756

Morocco1763

Pineau1763

Malaga1769

wild grape1770

Nebbiolo1788

Macabeo1794

Malbec1833

Hamburg grape1838

muscadel1852

Concord grape1858

garnacha1860

sultana grape1861

Canaiolo1862

dyer1865

Sémillon1875

Bual1882

lady's finger1892

Grignolino1894

Tokay grape1896

Durif1897

Morocco grape1908

Viognier1908

gros Colmar1927

Montepulciano1927

Shiraz1927

Verdicchio1940

Cinsault1945

Müller-Thurgau1951

Mavrud1959

Pinotage1964

Mavron1965

Syrah1969

Parellada1979

1927 Daily Express 8 Apr. 5 The Cape grapes..cost 2s. per pound for either the gros Calmars or the white Hanapoots.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	gros
释义	grosadj. /ɡro/ Etymology: French (see gross adj.). Occurring in various French designations. 1. gros bleu n. a dark blue used to paint china. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [noun] > dark blue bicec1430 navy blue1780 marine blue1803 midnight blue1810 Adelaide1831 Oxford blue1842 butcher's blue1851 gros bleu1870 marine1871 gendarme blue1884 navy1884 butcher1892 matelot1927 1870 C. Schreiber Jrnl. 22 Feb. (1911) I. 74 Sèvres cups and saucers, gros bleu, with gold decoration. 1882 Hamilton Sale Catal. No. 495 A Gros-bleu and Gold Sevres Coffee-cup and Saucer. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 638/1 The chief colours [of Sèvres porcelain] are gros bleu, a very dark blue; bleu du roi, [etc.]. 1961 New Guide Antique Eng. Pottery Porcelain, & Glass 57 The ground colours of Sèvres were also imitated, such as the ‘gros bleu’ (called ‘mazarine’ blue). 1970 Times 10 Mar. 7/2 (advt.) Gros-bleu and blue-scale wares with floral and bird decoration. 2. Gros Michel n. the West Indian banana. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > banana > [noun] > types of plantain1582 ensete1790 fei1829 Canary banana1889 lady's finger1893 Gros Michel1913 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > tropical exotic fruit > banana > types of apple of paradise1572 plantain1582 Adam's apple1588 plantain1756 ensete1790 fei1829 Abyssinian banana1859 honey banana1877 scarlet banana1885 Canary banana1889 lady's finger banana1893 Gros Michel1913 honey1938 1913 W. 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. 1927 Observer 17 Apr. 7/1 The Gros Michel..which comes from Jamaica. 1951 New Biol. 11 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. 1962 Queensland Fruit & Veg. News 11 Oct. 338/1 Bodles Altafort has good qualities, which are superior to those of Lacatan and Gros Michel. 3. gros point n. (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. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > using specific materials gros point1390 plaited stitch1882 plait stitch1901 Parisian stitch1934 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > lace > needle or point > types of point de Venise1668 French point1675 point d'Espagne1676 Alençon lace1774 point de France1774 point-net1829 rose-point1832 point de Paris1840 point d'Alençon1842 point d'Argentan1842 Irish point1851 point d'aiguille1851 point de gaze1863 Venetian point1864 Burano lace1865 Greek lace1865 gros point1865 mermaid's lace1865 point de neige1865 punto a rilievo1865 punto in aria1865 Regency point1865 Venice point1865 point de reprise1872 point russe1872 Greek point1882 hollie point1882 Venetian raised point1882 point de minute1886 point de Sorrentoc1890 1390 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 35 Johanni Dounton pro j gros poyntes, iij s..pro iiij c clauis paruis..pro ij chesell. 1865 F. 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. 1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 186 Works of bold design done in relief are called ‘gros point de Venise’. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. facing p. 40 (caption) Jabot of needlepoint lace worked partly in relief, and usually known as ‘gros point de Venise’. 1934 M. 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. 1958 Observer 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. 1962 3rd Internat. Art Treasures Exhib. (Victoria & Albert Mus.) 9/1 A George I needlework winged armchair with upholstered adjustable back and loose cushion seat covered with floral gros-point needlework. 1968 Times 8 Feb. 8/8 Since beginning rehearsals..she has almost completed a chair cover in gros point. 4. gros sel n. coarse salt (in quot. 1917 figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > salt > [noun] > types of salt salt-stonea1000 saltc1000 white saltOE bay-salt1465 rock salt1562 salt upon salt1580 mineral salt1600 sea salt1601 French salt1617 verge-salt1656 table salt1670 pigeon salt1679 salt-cakec1702 tamarisk salt1712 cat-salt1724 butter salt1749 basket-salt1753 Sunday salt1756 rock1807 stoved salt1808 solar salt1861 fishery-salt1883 gros sel1917 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxxiv. 340 He instantly related a funny story, seasoned with what the French call gros sel.] 1917 G. 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. 1935 ‘Countess Morphy’ Recipes All Nations 30 Sprinkle it with salt—the French always use ‘gros sel’, a very coarse salt, which gives an excellent flavour. 1958 Spectator 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. 1967 Sunday Times 5 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 42/1 That first purchase of gros sel for cooking. 5. gros Colmar n. a variety of grape. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > type of labruscaa1398 muscadel1517 muscadine1598 olive grape1601 grapeletc1620 burlace1629 frontignaca1642 fox-grape1648 verjuice grape1648 muscat1655 morillon1691 muscatel1691 grapeling1694 chasselas1699 muscadella1707 frontignan1756 Morocco1763 Pineau1763 Malaga1769 wild grape1770 Nebbiolo1788 Macabeo1794 Malbec1833 Hamburg grape1838 muscadel1852 Concord grape1858 garnacha1860 sultana grape1861 Canaiolo1862 dyer1865 Sémillon1875 Bual1882 lady's finger1892 Grignolino1894 Tokay grape1896 Durif1897 Morocco grape1908 Viognier1908 gros Colmar1927 Montepulciano1927 Shiraz1927 Verdicchio1940 Cinsault1945 Müller-Thurgau1951 Mavrud1959 Pinotage1964 Mavron1965 Syrah1969 Parellada1979 1927 Daily Express 8 Apr. 5 The Cape grapes..cost 2s. per pound for either the gros Calmars or the white Hanapoots. 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