Trone

Related to Trone: ascended the throne
n.1.A throne.
1.A small drain.
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.
Trone stone
a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half pounds.
Trone weight
a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which a pound varied from 21 to 28 ounces avoirdupois.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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At the Barriere du Trone they met Bertuccio, who was waiting there, motionless as a sentinel at his post.
La separation entre les deux parties a ete faite au lendemain de l'elimination precoce, samedi dernier, de l'equipe de Berkane en seiziemes de finale de la Coupe du Trone par le Chaba Atlas Khenifra (5-4 suite aux tirs au but, 2-2 au temps reglementaire).
COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND CONGRESSMAN TRONE HONOR THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY, INC.
Second row: Trenton Butler, Washington Community adviser Jennifer Reiser; Isaac Giffin, Conant adviser David Gwizdala; Riley Morgan, Huntley adviser Dennis Brown; Emma Trone, Uni-High Chicago Lab adviser Logan Aimone; Matt Troher, Downers Grove North adviser Liz Levin.
In papers filed with the justices Wednesday, David Trone stated through counsel that the Democratic-drawn 6th Congressional District does not trample on the rights of Republican voters to political association, because the western Maryland enclave meets what he recommended as a five-factor legal test of validity if any of the factors is met.
A large number of people from all walks of life attended the event, which was held close to Brussels' Trone Metro station situated near to Belgium Prime Minister House.
Le president de la Republique, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, a adresse un message de voeux au souverain marocain, le Roi Mohamed VI, a l'occasion de l'anniversaire de son accession au trone, dans lequel il lui a exprime sa ferme determination "a oeuvrer de concert avec lui au raffermissement des relations de fraternite et de solidarite et de bon voisinage entre les deux pays".