Cental

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cental \Cen"tal\, n. [L. centum a hundred.]
     A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many
     parts of the United States a {Hundredweight}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Cental \Cen"tal\, n.
     Relating to a hundred.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Cental system}, the method of buying and selling by the
        cental, or hundredweight.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cental
       n : a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
           [syn: {hundredweight}, {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner},
            {quintal}]