Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vessel of hammered brass or copper used in Spain for holding or carrying water.
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Examples
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In Oaxaca, Mexico, and other areas of southern Mexico and Central America, small-scale commercial vegetable producers irrigate small basins using a 10-14 liter (2. 6-3.7 gal) clay or metal jar called a cantaro lowered into shallow wells and poured onto the garden25 (Figure 12.7).
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The arrobe of Castile contains sixteen litres; the cantaro of Alicante, twelve; the almude of the Canaries, twenty-five; the cuartin of the
Les Miserables 2008
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Stolidly, the man finished eating; next he reached for a cantaro and gulped down the water in it; then he stood up.
The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution Mariano Azuela 1912
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The arrobe of Castile contains sixteen litres; the cantaro of Alicante, twelve; the almude of the Canaries, twenty-five; the cuartin of the Balearic Isles, twenty-six; the boot of Tzar Peter, thirty.
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The arrobe of Castile contains sixteen litres; the cantaro of Alicante, twelve; the almude of the Canaries, twenty-five; the cuartin of the
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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The cantaro is four azumbres, or thirty medias, and is equal to three gallons.
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