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| 2 results for Pecul | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pecul \Pec"ul\, n. See {Picul}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Picul \Pic"ul\, n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.] A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135[frac58] lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133[frac12] lbs.; in Japan, 133[frac13] lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, {tan}. [Written also {pecul}, and {pecal}.] | |
