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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Trone

Trōne, n.

noun

n. [Cf. Prov. Fr. trogne, a belly.] A small drain. [Prov. Eng.]

Trōne or Trōnes, n.

noun

n. [L. Lat. trōna, contracted from Lat. trutina, a balance, Gr. τρυτάνη; O. Fr. tronel, troneau, tronneau, balance, weight.]

  1. A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.]
  2. A weighing machine consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar;—used for heavy wares. [Scot.] Jamieson.