QUINT'AL, noun [Latin centum, a hundred.] A hundred pounds in weight; or a weight of that number of pounds; sometimes written and pronounced kentle.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
QUINT'AL, noun [Latin centum, a hundred.] A hundred pounds in weight; or a weight of that number of pounds; sometimes written and pronounced kentle.
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