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Quintal
Definition:
(n.) A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental.
(n.) A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
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(1) We used to use around 1,500 litres of water per quintal (46 kilograms) of pre-pulped coffee.
Quintan
Definition:
(a.) Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
(n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
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