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Quintal   /kwˈɪntəl/   Listen
Quintal

noun
1.
A unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms.
2.
A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.  Synonyms: cental, centner, cwt, hundredweight, short hundredweight.






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"Quintal" Quotes from Famous Books



... of 32 lbs. Also, a Spanish general wine measure of 4-1/4 English gallons. The lesser arroba, used for oil, is only 3-1/3 English gallons. A Spanish weight of 25 lbs. avoirdupois; one-fourth of a quintal. Also, a rough country ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

... deals with the letters "P," "R," "S," and any person wishing to master a few really interesting subjects for dinner conversation will read and learn up all about Procyon, Pizemysi, and Pyrheliometer, Quotelet, Quintal, and Quito, Regulus, Ramazan, Rheumatism, Rhynchops, Rum-Shrub, and Rupar, Samoyedes, Semiquaver, Sahjehanpur, Silket, Sinter, and Size. When it is known what a gay conversationalist he is, he may induce some one to ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, October 4, 1890 • Various



Words linked to "Quintal" :   weight unit, doppelzentner, short ton, centner, metric weight unit, metric ton, metric hundredweight, hundredweight, short hundredweight, cental, cwt, net ton, tonne, t, mt, avoirdupois unit, quarter, ton



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