gross, by / by the Old form(s): grosse
in large quantities, wholesale
LLL V.ii.319[Berowne to all, of Boyet selling wit] we that sell by gross ... / Have not the grace to grace it with such show
WT IV.iv.208[Servant to Clown, of Autolycus] He hath ... points more than all the lawyers in Bohemia can learnedly handle, though they come to him by th'gross
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