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quintal (s.xivin)

quintal (s.xivin)

quyntalle  
  FEW:  qintar 19,94b Gdf: GdfC:  quintal 10,462c TL: quintal 8,101 DEAF:  quintar (quintal)  DMF:  quintal  TLF:  quintal  OED:  quintal n.  MED:  quintale n.  DMLBS:  quintallus 2634c
ls(loanword: Latin Arabic )
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weightunitquintal, hundredweight, one hundred pounds
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  De chescun millier de feer [...] vendu par millier, iiij d., et de chescun quintal vendu par sey, j d.  Dom Gip 190
( 1323-25 )  il me delyvera les .cc. quyntall[es] de plumb qe nostre seyngnur le roy avoyt doné  St Sard 234
( 1339 )  soit mandé [...] de liverere [...] .xxx. tonelx de pomadre, .L. quintalx de fer, deux quintalx d'ascer [...]  Rot Parl1 ii 109.32
( 1347-59 )  En.vj. quintals de rosin (=resin) achaté as ditz escomers, pris quintal .iij. s. .iiij. d.  Sandahl Sea iii 147

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quintal