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   Trone (?), n. A throne. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   Trone, n. [Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly.] A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
   
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    Trone (?), Trones (?),  n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr. .]
   1. A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   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.
   
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   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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