单词 | in gross |
释义 | > as lemmasin gross 2. in gross, in the gross [French en gros.] extracted from grossadj.n.4 a. In a general way, generally, without going into particulars; in the main, on the whole. Cf. A. 7. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in general terms or not in detail in substancec1425 in gross1430 at large1533 generally speaking1549 in generality1563 in the general1584 as to the general1617 in general1621 by and large1707 in the vague1851 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) vi. xi. 158 This tragedy of the great Pompey Declareth in grose the chief occasion. Why he and Cesar gan fyrst to werrey. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 158 The full summe of me is sume of something: which to terme in grosse, is an vnlessond girle. View more context for this quotation 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 127 The measure of the sea coast..I wil expresse generally and in grosse. 1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 49 The former Statutes spake of them [Personal Tithes] only in Grosse; This declareth of what in particular they shall arise. a1626 J. Horsey Disc. Imploym. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) App. ii. 296 I was..greevosly complayned of to hir Majestie in grose. 1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici 20 Th' unletter'd Christian, who believes in gross, Plods on to Heaven; and ne'er is at a loss. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1361 It cannot be supposed that the God of truth would approve any Doctrine in the gross, if any part or Proposition of it had been false. 1707 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) II. 370 He could very easily deny these articles in Gross. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 351 That Uncertainty and Confusion, to which Persons who take things merely in the gross, are liable. 1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 47 You cannot refuse in the gross, what you have so often acknowledged in detail. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. iv. 107 We take things in the gross or in the detail, according to the occasion. 1874 R. C. Trench Sacred Lat. Poetry (ed. 3) Pref. 10 It is the duty of each successive age of the Church, as not to accept the past in the gross, so neither in the gross to reject it. 1899 Daily News 29 July 6/6 To take away in detail what seems to be given in the gross. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > all collectively en masse in generala1393 in gross1508 by the lump1522 in universal1532 at large1598 in the lump1624 in (the) massa1631 at the great1699 by or in (the) slump1795 en masse1802 in a slump1827 en bloc1861 in block1870 in (the) aggregate1973 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > in/into one place, company, or mass [phrase] > together or in a body in gross1508 in (the) massa1631 in a lump1640 en masse1802 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. dii Heir ye ar gaderit in grosse al the gretest Of gomys that grip has vndir my goouernyng. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xvii. §2. 479 The armie of Iuda prest Abner in grosse, and brake him. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 416 At this first triumphant Muster, the Members of both Houses appear'd in gross. 1710 W. L. Let. to New Member Commons 7 It was not safe..either to let the Bill pass, or to have it rejected in Gross. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] heap-mealc897 by greata1513 in gross1538 by wholesale1592 full tide1709 1538 A. Fitzherbert Newe Bk. Justyces Peas 109 The But, Tone,..Barel or Roundelet to be sold in grosse. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xx. f. 37 Of suche strangers it was lefull to the Romaynes, to bye in grosse, and retayle. 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 125 Love hath given all in grosse, and therefore can reteyne nothing in retayle. 1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 66 Things that are too many to be numbred, and must onely be weighed in grosse. 1667 London Gaz. No. 150/4 Renish Wines in Gross at 6l. the Ame, and 12d. the Quart by Retail. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. i. 191 The learned World, who are..imposed upon to buy a second Time in Fragments and by Retail what they have already in Gross . View more context for this quotation 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire III. 142 Nowhere..is the fishery carried on so much in the gross as here. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo viii. 5 To bid their cook..ride to the Strand, and buy in gross..Ketchup, Soy,..and Harvey. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. ix. ii. ii. 527 How inconsistent and absurd, to do away the mischief in retail, and, in the very self-same shape, leave it to remain in gross! ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > in full or to fullest extent to the full1340 at the fulla1375 at one's righta1425 in (the) wholea1475 every (each) whit1526 full due1574 in gross1606 in full habitudea1661 to capacity1958 1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue ii. i. D 2 If youle deliuer me your mind in grose Why so I shall expresse it as I can. 1641 W. Prynne Antipathie To Rdr. sig. ¶¶¶4 Behold the latter part in Epitome, till thou enjoy it in grosse. 1678 Spanish Hist. 78 He came..to tell me in gross what had been done. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 479 Many writers have taken the account in gross. e. Law. [ < medieval Latin in grosso.] Said of that which is absolute and independent, belonging to the person, and not to a manor; esp. in advowson, villain in gross. common in gross (see common n.1 4). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal possession > held in possession [phrase] > of that which belongs to the person in grossa1626 a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 2 If I be seised of an advouson in gross, and [etc.]. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §61. 28 A rent common in grosse, advowson in grosse, and villeine in grosse, cannot be granted for yeares..without deed. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Common Common in gross, is a Liberty to have Common alone; that is, without any Land or Tenement in another Man's Land. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 93 Else they [villeins] were in gross, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferrable by deed from one owner to another. 1806 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. VI. 74 Such a will, as in the present case, would be sufficient to pass a term in gross. 1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. ii. iv. 257 Another important kind of separate incorporeal hereditament, is an advowson in gross. 1891 Sir R. V. Williams in Law Times' Rep. 65 608/2 Such a right of property may have a legal existence as an easement in gross to the exclusion of the grantor. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > in solid form [phrase] in gross1748 1748 tr. P. Lozano True Relation Earthquake Lima i. 122 Among Minerals the Pyrites, both in Gross and in Vapour. < as lemmas |
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