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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUINT'AL, n. [l. centum, a hundred.]
A hundred pounds in weight; or a weight of that number of pounds; sometimes written and pronounced kentle.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
2: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin quintale, from Arabic qin??r, from Late Greek kent?narion, from Late Latin centenarium, from Latin, neuter of centenarius consisting of a hundred — more at centenary Date: 15th century 1. hundredweight 2. a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms (about 220 pounds)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a weight of about 100 lb. 2 a hundredweight (112 lb.). 3 a weight of 100 kg. Etymology: ME f. OF quintal, med.L quintale f. Arab. kintar

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.