From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trone \Trone\, noun [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.] A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trone \Trone\, Trones \Trones\, noun [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr. ?.]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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