trone

trone

6 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

1. n. A throne. Source: opted
2. n. A small drain. Source: opted
3. n. Alt. of Trones Source: opted
4. A throne. [Obs.] Chaucer. A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 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. Source: webster
5. A throne. [Obs.] Chaucer. Source: adambom
6. n. A throne. n. A small drain. n. Alt. of Trones Source: ecdict

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