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单词 small gross
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small gross
Twelve dozen. Not found in plural, the singular being used with numerals. Also small gross, in opposition to great gross = 12 gross (see great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1c).
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1411 Close Roll, 12 Hen. IV 26 Apr. [To export from England to Ireland] unum groos de poyntes.
1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 150 A groos pointes of sylk of divers colours.
1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 265 Bowes—cc; Strynges—v groce; Arowes—cccc sheffes.
1549 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 348 Bowe stringes, xl gros.
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. E3v Masse then he vtters them [sc. sonnets] by the grosse . View more context for this quotation
1621 J. Taylor Superbiæ Flagellum sig. B8 Foureteene groce of buttons, and Gold lace.
1660 Act 12 Chas. II c. 4 Schedule at Bosses Bosses for Bridles the small groce, cont. 12 dozen jl.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2001/4 A Groce of Gimp Lace mixt with Tincy, a Groce of Silk Buttons.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 152 A Gross of Tobacco-Pipes.
1803 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 261 We call twelve dozen; i.e. twelve multiplied by itself a gross or grose by tale.
1805 T. Harral Scenes of Life II. 63 A manufacturer of ghosts and monsters by the gross.
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