Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quintal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quintal \Quin"tal\, n. [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a
weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a
hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred.
See {Hundred}, and cf. {Kentle}.]
1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to
the scale used. Cf. {Cental}. [Sometimes written and
pronounced {kentle}.]
2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100
kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quintal
n 1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
[syn: {hundredweight}, {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner},
{cental}]
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