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Meaning of TRONE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Trone\, n.
    A throne. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    
  2. \Trone\, n. [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.]
    A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
    
  3. \Trone\, Trones \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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