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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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

, and cf.

A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf.

[Sometimes written and pronounced

kentle

A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.

Noun.

[l. centum, a hundred.]

A hundred pounds in weight; or a weight of that number of pounds; sometimes written and pronounced kentle.