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Meanings of cwt in English
Catalan
quintar A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
Usage of cwt in English
1
I noticed in your Fair Isle order-book an entry of 2 cwt.
2
If this supplies as much ammonia to the soil as 3 cwt.
3
Forty shovelfuls of clinkers and twelve of slaked lime make 7 cwt.
4
His proposal was substantially a protective duty of twenty shillings the cwt.
5
The operation is inexpensive, as a very small quantity suffices, one cwt.
6
In the same order-book there is an entry of 4 cwt.
7
In the tower there is a large bell, weighing 31 cwt.
8
The chlorates are usually sold in wooden kegs containing 1 cwt.
9
Each cell of the carbonizer can reduce to charcoal 50 cwt.
10
A large quantity of dust escapes from the cells-about7 cwt.
11
The revenue tax recently imposed by Great Britain of three pence per cwt.
12
On the next day I received information that about 10 cwt.
13
Not however to be entirely dependent on the sheep, I purchased four cwt.
14
On either side there are six main suspensions of 25 cwt.
15
This operation takes about twenty minutes, and at one operation about 1½ cwt.
16
We purchased a strong one-horse dray which we loaded with about 10 cwt.
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United States of America
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