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Trone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A provincial word in some parts of England for a small drain.

Trone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A throne.

2. A small drain.

3. Alt. of Trones

Trones [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A steelyard.

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.