Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe.
Genevan Test. (Acts xxiv. ).
Grop"er (?), n. One who gropes; one who feels his way in the dark, or
searches by feeling.
Grop"ing-ly, adv. In a groping manner.
||Gros (?), n. [F. See Gross.] A heavy silk with a dull finish; as,
||gros de Naples; gros de Tours.
Gros"beak (?), n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.] (Zoˆl.) One of
various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common
European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.
Among the best known American species are the rose-breasted (Habia
Ludoviciana); the blue (Guiraca cúrulea); the pine (Pinicola
enucleator); and the evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and Cardinal
grosbeak, Evening grosbeak, under Cardinal and Evening. [Written also
grossbeak.]
||Grosch"en (?), n. [G.] A small silver coin and money of account of
||Germany, worth about two cents. It is not included in the new
||monetary system of the empire.
Gros"grain` (?), a. [F. Cf. Grogram.] Of a coarse texture; -- applied
to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Gross (?), a. [Compar. Grosser (&?;); superl. Grossest.] [F. gros, L.
grossus, perh. fr. L. crassus thick, dense, fat, E. crass, cf. Skr.
grathita tied together, wound up, hardened. Cf. Engross, Grocer,
Grogram.] 1. Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
"A gross fat man." Shak.
A gross body of horse under the Duke.
Milton.