| 1H4 II.iv.222 | [Prince Hal to Falstaff, of Falstaff's lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable |
| KL IV.vi.14 | [disguised Edgar to Gloucester] The crows and choughs ... / Show scarce so gross as beetles |
| LLL V.ii.268 | [Rosaline to all, of the King and his friends] Well-liking wits they have; gross, gross; fat, fat |
| Oth III.iii.217 | [Iago to Othello] I am to pray you, not to strain my speech / To grosser issues |