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Kentle
(gcide) | Kentle \Ken"tle\, n. [From Quintal.] (Com.)
A hundred weight; a quintal.
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kentle
(gcide) | 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.]
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2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100
kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
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kentle
(gcide) | Kentle \Ken"tle\, n. [From Quintal.] (Com.)
A hundred weight; a quintal.
[1913 Webster]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.]
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2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100
kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
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Kentledge
(gcide) | Kentledge \Kent"ledge\, n. [OF. cant edge, corner, D. kant. See
Cant edge, angle.] (Naut.)
Pigs of iron used for ballast. [Written also kintlidge.]
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