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great hundred — a traditional unit of quantity equal to 120 instead of 100. The great hundred equals 6 score or 2 shocks. Merchants in medieval England used both the great hundred and the gross (144) in specifying quantities, but more recently the gross has… … Dictionary of units of measurement
great hundred — noun the cardinal number that is the product of ten and twelve • Syn: ↑long hundred, ↑120 • Hypernyms: ↑large integer … Useful english dictionary
Hundred (word) — Today in English a hundred is always taken to be equal to 100. However, before the 18th century, it could mean other values, depending on the objects being counted. Sometimes the value of 100 was referred to as a small hundred the larger value… … Wikipedia
hundred — 1. a unit of quantity. In commercial use in old England the term hundred , or cent (C), did not always mean an even 100; sometimes it meant 120 (the great hundred ) or some other number, depending on the item. For fish, the exact number in a… … Dictionary of units of measurement
Hundred Years' War — Clockwise, from top left: John of Bohemia at the Battle of Crécy, Plantagenet and Franco Castilian fleets at the Battle of La Rochelle … Wikipedia
Great Central Railway (preserved) — Great Central Railway Great Central Railway D123 Kinchley Lane Locale Loughborough, Leicestershire, England Terminus Leices … Wikipedia
Great Seal of the United States — Reverse of the Seal … Wikipedia
Great Moravia — 833[Note 1] – 902 … Wikipedia
Great Falls (Missouri River) — Great Falls of the Missouri River Black Eagle Falls and Dam in 1988 Location Cascade County, Montana, USA Coordinates … Wikipedia
Great Grey Shrike — Nominate subspecies Lanius excubitor excubitor Note Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius) prey propped up on thorn Conservation status … Wikipedia
