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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cental \Cen"tal\, noun [L. centum a hundred.] A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a {Hundredweight}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cental \Cen"tal\, noun Relating to a hundred.
{Cental system}, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cental
noun: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds [syn: {hundredweight}, {cwt}, {short hundredweight}, {centner}, {quintal}]
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