gros

noun ! Definition from The Century Dictionary., via Wordnik. More about gros at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. Preterit of grise. from The Century Dictionary. via Wordnik
2. A textile fabric stronger or heavier than others of the same material. from The Century Dictionary. via Wordnik
3. A coin of relatively large size: applied to— Silver coins of various kinds current in France in the thirteenth and following centuries, as the gros tournois, gros blanc, gros d'argent, gros de roi. The gros tournois of Louis IX., here illustrated, weighs 63 grains. from The Century Dictionary. via Wordnik

1. Strong or decided in tint: applied to pigment. from The Century Dictionary. via Wordnik