cantarn.

/ˈkantə/

Forms: Often in the native forms ˈcantaro, ˈcantara.

Etymology: < Italian cantaro, cantara, Spanish cantaro, cantara < Latin cantharus, Greek κάνθαρος tankard, drinking-pot.

A measure of capacity and weight used in some of the countries bordering on the Mediterranean, varying greatly according to the locality, from 74³/ ₄ lbs. in Rome to 502³/ ₄ lbs. in Syria.

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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Cantar, (in Spain) Wine Measure, is about 2 Gallons English. Cantar, (in Turky in Asia) a 100 Rotelloes, about 418 Pounds Averdupoize.

1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta I. xvii. 343 Mortars..to throw a hundred cantars of cannon-ball or stones.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Cantara, cantaro, a liquid measure of Spain ranging from 2½ to 4 gallons.

1882 Evening Standard 16 Sept. 5/2 The cotton crop is estimated at 2,000,000 cantars.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 12/1 Formerly twenty loaves [of sugar] went to the Moorish cantar, or hundredweight.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cantar
释义	cantarn. /ˈkantə/ Forms: Often in the native forms ˈcantaro, ˈcantara. Etymology: < Italian cantaro, cantara, Spanish cantaro, cantara < Latin cantharus, Greek κάνθαρος tankard, drinking-pot. A measure of capacity and weight used in some of the countries bordering on the Mediterranean, varying greatly according to the locality, from 74³/ ₄ lbs. in Rome to 502³/ ₄ lbs. in Syria. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > unit in Mediterranean countries kantar1555 cantar1727 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Cantar, (in Spain) Wine Measure, is about 2 Gallons English. Cantar, (in Turky in Asia) a 100 Rotelloes, about 418 Pounds Averdupoize. 1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta I. xvii. 343 Mortars..to throw a hundred cantars of cannon-ball or stones. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Cantara, cantaro, a liquid measure of Spain ranging from 2½ to 4 gallons. 1882 Evening Standard 16 Sept. 5/2 The cotton crop is estimated at 2,000,000 cantars. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 12/1 Formerly twenty loaves [of sugar] went to the Moorish cantar, or hundredweight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1727
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