cwt

hundredweight; hundredweights.

Nearby words

cwmbran, cwo, cwp, cwps, cws, cwt, cwu, cx, cy, cy pres, cy.

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Examples from the Web for cwt

In the localities specially favorable to hop growing 30 cwt.
Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous|Thomas Taylor
Many who cannot afford it in the week buy a quarter of a cwt.
The Toilers of the Field|Richard Jefferies
On those occasions the bags have been known to weigh above 16 cwt.
Coaching Days & Ways|E. D. (Edward William Dirom) Cuming
Glass mixtures containing lead are melted in covered, beehive-shaped crucibles holding from 12 to 18 cwt.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1|Various

The harvest in hay before the use of potato water was 1913 cwt.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for cwt

cwt

abbreviation for

hundredweight

Word Origin for cwt

c, from the Latin numeral C one hundred (centum)

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