'Trone' definitions:
Definition of 'Trone'
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- Trone \Trone\, n. [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.] A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] Trone
Definition of 'Trone'
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- Trone \Trone\, n. A throne. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trone'
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- Trone \Trone\, Trones \Trones\, n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr. ?.]
- 1. A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]