Trones

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trone \Trone\, Trones \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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