Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cental"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cental \Cen"tal\, n. [L. centum a hundred.]
A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many
parts of the United States a {Hundredweight}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cental \Cen"tal\, n.
Relating to a hundred.
{Cental system}, the method of buying and selling by the
cental, or hundredweight.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cental
n : a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
[syn: {hundredweight}, {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner},
{quintal}]
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