Trone (?), n.

A throne.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

 

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Trone, n. [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.]

A small drain.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

 

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Trone (?), Trones (?), n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr. .]

1.

A steelyard.

[Prov. Eng.]

2.

A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused.

[Scot.]

Jamieson.

Trone stone, a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half pounds. [Scot.] -- Trone weight, a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which a pound varied from 21 to 28 ounces avoirdupois.

 

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