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in gross
2. in gross, in the gross [French en gros.]
a. In a general way, generally, without going into particulars; in the main, on the whole. Cf. A. 7. Now rare.
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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.
b. In a body; ‘en masse’. Obsolete.
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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.
c. In bulk, in large quantities, on a large scale, wholesale: opposed to by (†in) retail. Obsolete.
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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!
d. In full; nothing being omitted or withheld. Obsolete.
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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).
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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.
f. In solid form. Obsolete.
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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.
extracted from grossadj.n.4
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