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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
kentle \ken"tle\, n. from quintal. com.
a hundred weight; a quintal.
1913 webster
see also:
quintal
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
2. a metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100
kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
1913 webster
see also:
hundred kentle cental kentle
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