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Chiltern Hundreds
Chiltern Hundreds Chiltern Hundreds [AS. Chiltern the
Chiltern, high hills in Buckinghamshire, perh. Fr. ceald cold
+ ern, [ae]rn, place.]
A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire,
England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward.
As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go
out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their
seats.
Hundred
Hundred Hun"dred, a.
Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
HundredHundred Hun"dred, n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial
division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga-ra?jan to
count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod,
hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel. hundra?,
Dan. hundrede, Sw. hundra, hundrade, Goth. hund, Lith.
szimtas, Russ. sto, W. cant, Ir. cead, L. centum, Gr. ?, Skr.
[,c]ata. [root]309. Cf. Cent, Century, Hecatomb,
Quintal, and Reason.]
1. The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten
times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times
ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol
representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.
With many hundreds treading on his heels. --Shak.
Note: The word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc.,
often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many
hundreds, meaning individual objects or units, but with
an ordinal numeral adjective in constructions like five
hundreds, or eight hundreds, it is usually intended to
consider each hundred as a separate aggregate; as, ten
hundreds are one thousand.
2. A division of a country in England, supposed to have
originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Hundred court, a court held for all the inhabitants of a
hundred. [Eng.] --Blackstone. Hundred courtHundred Hun"dred, n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial
division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga-ra?jan to
count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod,
hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel. hundra?,
Dan. hundrede, Sw. hundra, hundrade, Goth. hund, Lith.
szimtas, Russ. sto, W. cant, Ir. cead, L. centum, Gr. ?, Skr.
[,c]ata. [root]309. Cf. Cent, Century, Hecatomb,
Quintal, and Reason.]
1. The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten
times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times
ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol
representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.
With many hundreds treading on his heels. --Shak.
Note: The word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc.,
often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many
hundreds, meaning individual objects or units, but with
an ordinal numeral adjective in constructions like five
hundreds, or eight hundreds, it is usually intended to
consider each hundred as a separate aggregate; as, ten
hundreds are one thousand.
2. A division of a country in England, supposed to have
originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Hundred court, a court held for all the inhabitants of a
hundred. [Eng.] --Blackstone. Hundreder
Hundreder Hun"dred*er, n.
1. An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred.
2. (Law) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action
for land in the hundred to which he belongs.
3. One who has the jurisdiction of a hundred; and sometimes,
a bailiff of a hundred. --Blount. Cowell.
Hundredfold
Hundredfold Hun"dred*fold`, n.
A hundred times as much or as many.
He shall receive as hundredfold now in this time.
--Mark x. 30.
Hundredth
Hundredth Hun"dredth, n.
One of a hundred equal parts into which one whole is, or may
be, divided; the quotient of a unit divided by a hundred.
Hundredth
Hundredth Hun"dredth, a.
1. Coming last of a hundred successive individuals or units.
2. Forming one of a hundred equal parts into which anything
is divided; the tenth of a tenth.
HundredweightCental Cen"tal, n. [L. centum a hundred.]
A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many
parts of the United States a Hundredweight. Hundredweight
Hundredweight Hun"dred*weight`, n.
A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds
avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the
legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the
United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds
avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes
called the short ton, being the legal ton.
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