Category:Trone

Trone, n.

Defn: a throne. [obs.] Chaucer.

Trone Trone, n. Etym: [cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.]

Defn: a small drain. [obs. or prov. Eng.]

Trone; trones Trone, trones, n. Etym: [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.