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Definition of Trone weight
Trone weight Trone Trone, Trones Trones, n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a
balance; cf. Gr. ?.]
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.
