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Trones
{
Trone
,Trones
, }Noun.
[LL.
trona
, fr. L. trutina
a balance; cf. Gr. [GREEK].] 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.