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Webster 1913 Edition


Cantarro

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Can′tar

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Can-tar′ro

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Noun.
[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.