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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 picul
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pic·ul n.  A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 135⅝ lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 133½ lbs.; in Japan, 133⅓ lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan. [Written also pecul, and pecal.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 picul
      n : a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately
          equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry)