or CANTARO, in commerce, a weight used in Italy, particularly at Leghorn, to weigh some sorts of merchandizes.

There are three sorts of cantari, or quintals, one weighs 150 pounds, the other 151, and the third 160: The first serves to weigh alum and cheese, the second is for sugar, and the third for wool and cod-fish.

Cantar is also a measure of capacity used at Cochin, and containing four rubis.