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Webster 1913 Edition


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.

Definition 2024


trones

trones

See also: tronés, trônés, and trônes

English

Noun

trones

  1. plural of trone

Catalan

Verb

trones

  1. second-person singular present indicative form of tronar

Danish

Noun

trones c

  1. genitive singular indefinite of trone