QUINTAL Quin"tal, n. Etym: [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred. See Hundred, and cf. Kentle.]
1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to the scale used. Cf. Cental. [Sometimes written and pronounced kentle.]
2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100 kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
QUINTAN
Quin"tan, a. Etym: [L. quintanus, fr. quintus fifth, quinque five.
See Five.]
Defn: Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. — n. (Med.)
Defn: An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
QUINTEL
Quin"tel, n.
Defn: See Quintain.
QUINTESSENCE
Quin*tes"sence, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. quinta essentia fifth essence.
See Quint, and Essence.]
1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. [Obs.]