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Ton

pl. of Toe.

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Cental 70% connected

A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.

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Centner 70% connected

A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.

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Hundredweight 70% connected

A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it…

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Quintal 70% connected

A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental.

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