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Trone

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n.1.A throne.
1.A small drain.
1.A steelyard.
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.
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.


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