Hundred

hun'dred, n. The number of ten times ten; a division of a county in Eng., supposed to have originally contained 100 families, or freemen. — a. Ten times 10; 90 and [AS. hund, 100, and rsed, a reckoning, rate, q. Goth, garathjan, to reckon; Ic. hundradh, OHG. hunter it, also hunt, Goth, hund, Ga. dad, L. centum, Gr. hecaton, Skr. cat a, 100.] — Hundred-weight. A denomination of weight, usually denoted by cwt. {C, in L. =100; wt in E., weight), containing, according to differing laws or customs, 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois. — Hun'' dredth, a. Next following in order the 90th; forming one of 100 parts into which anything divided. — n. One of 100 equal parts into which one whole is divided. Hung. See Hang.