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cantar |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cantar \Can"tar\, Cantarro \Can*tar"ro\, n. [It. cantaro (in sense 1), Sp cantaro (in sense 2).] 1. A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds. 2. A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons. --Simmonds.
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