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Webster 1913 Edition
Picul
Pic′ul
,Noun.
[Jav. & Malay
pikul
, fr. pikul
to carry on the back, to carry a burden; n., a man’s burden.] A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 1355⁄8 lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133½ lbs.; in Japan, 133⅓ lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese,
tan
. [Written also
pecul
, and pecal
.]