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Picul

Picul Meaning & Definition
Picul Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Picul?

[n] a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)

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Picul In Webster's Dictionary

\Pic"ul\, n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.] A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 1355/8 lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 1331/2 lbs.; in Japan, 1331/3 lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, {tan}. [Written also {pecul}, and {pecal}.]

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