GROSS. Apart from the direct meaning of the word (thick, bulky), and such figurative senses as coarse, vulgar or flagrant, the chief uses are whole, entire, without deduction, as opposed to "net," or as applied to that which is sold in bulk as opposed to "retail." As a unit of tale, "gross" equals 12 dozen, 144, some times known as "small gross," in contrast with "great gross," i.e., 12 gross, 144 dozen. As a technical expression in English common law, "in gross" is applied to an incorporeal hereditament at tached to the person of an owner. (See EASEMENT.)