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trones |
1 definition found 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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