01 n. A throne.
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A throne.[Obs.]
Entry
4 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Trone
/trōn/
· IPA /tɹəʊn/
02 n. A small drain.
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A small drain.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
03 n. A steelyard.
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A steelyard.[Prov. Eng.]
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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.]
Phrases & compounds
Trone stone —
a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half pounds.
Trone weight —
a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which a pound varied from 21 to 28 ounces avoirdupois.