n. [ Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden. ] A commercial weight varying in different countries and for different commodities. In Borneo it is 1355/8 lbs.; in China and Sumatra, 1331/2 lbs.; in Japan, 1331/3 lbs.; but sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan. [ Written also pecul, and pecal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of Picus. ] (Zool.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers. [ 1913 Webster ]