'Pecul' definitions:

Definition of 'Pecul'

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  • Pecul \Pec"ul\, n. See Picul. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'pecul'

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  • Picul \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.] [1913 Webster]

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