3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trone  \Trone\,  n. 
  A  throne.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trone  \Trone\,  n.  [Cf.  Prov.  F.  trogne  a  belly.] 
  A  small  drain.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trone  \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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