Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CAN'TAR, or CAN-TA'RO, n.

An eastern weight; at Acra in Turkey, 603 pounds; at Tunis and Tripoli, 114 pounds. In Egypt it consists of 100 or 150 rotolos; at Naples, it is 25 pounds; at Genoa, 150; at Leghorn, 150, 151, or 160. – Encyc. At Alicant, in Spain, the cantaro is a liquid measure of 3 gallons. In Cochin, a measure of capacity, of 4 rubies; the rubi, 32 rotolos.