hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
(noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cental (plural centals)
(historical) A weight of one hundred avoirdupois pounds.
Synonym: hundredweight (Canada, US)
cental (not comparable)
Relating to a hundred.
• Lancet, cantel, cantle, lancet
Source: Wiktionary
Cen"tal, n. Etym: [L. centum a hundred.]
Definition: A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.
Cen"tal, n.
Definition: Relating to a hundred. Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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