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noun

Trones, Trone n.

A steelyard. (Prov. Eng.)

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.)

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trones" Quotes from Famous Books

... said Napoleon. "Deux majestes sans place; mais ce n'est peut-etre pas la peine de vous deranger. Avant huit jours je serai a Paris, et je me verrai force de vous renverser du trone, mon cousin. Revenez plutot avec moi, je vous nommerai sous-prefet de Monaco, si vous ...

— In Troubadour-Land - A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc • S. Baring-Gould

... forstraughteynge[53] wanhope[54] lies. Englonde, oh Englonde, tys for thee I blethe[55]. 35 Whylste Edwarde to thie sonnes wylle nete alyse[56], Shulde anie of thie sonnes fele aughte of ethe[57]? Upponne the trone[58] I sette thee, helde thie crowne; Botte oh! twere hommage nowe to pyghte[59] thee downe. Thou arte all preeste, & notheynge of the kynge. 40 Thou arte all Norman, nothynge of mie blodde. Know, ytte beseies[60] thee notte a masse to synge; ...

— The Rowley Poems • Thomas Chatterton

... foolish proceeding, considering that the bee-spangled Imperial curtains still hang over the doors, and festoons of the same drapery decorate the gallery above. The brocaded panels of the Salle du Trone were objects of much remark among the ladies, as were the tapestries of the Salle des Gobelins; but the bareness and total absence of furniture were commented on freely on all sides. Not a chair or ...

— The Insurrection in Paris • An Englishman: Davy