trone

[ trohn ]

/ troʊn /

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noun Scot. and North England.

a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.

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Origin of trone

1400–50; late Middle English (Scots ) <Anglo-French ≪ Latin trūtina<Greek trȳtánē balance, scales

O'Connell says Trone reluctantly gave him his account of what transpired at the meeting before he died.
CIA Officer Jack O'Connell's Revelations about King Hussein, Kissinger, and Israel|R.M. Schneiderman|June 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Joining Kissinger at the meeting was Eugene Trone, a dapper former Cairo-based CIA officer with a penchant for bow ties.
CIA Officer Jack O'Connell's Revelations about King Hussein, Kissinger, and Israel|R.M. Schneiderman|June 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Trone only learned of this through Ismael, who after the meeting "sat by a stream beyond the garden and wept," O'Connell writes.
CIA Officer Jack O'Connell's Revelations about King Hussein, Kissinger, and Israel|R.M. Schneiderman|June 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Hall du Trone, which we next visited, contained a great variety of beautiful pictures.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil|David W. Bartlett

The execution was to take place the same day at the Barrire du Trone-Renvers.
The Gods are Athirst|Anatole France
Domus gevith to a planet v fortitudis; And a planet in his hows is lyke a kynge in his hall, And in the high trone of his glorie.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
And he seide that sat in the trone, lo I make alle thingis newe.
The White Rose of Langley|Emily Sarah Holt
The sight of the destroyer dipping her ensign caused both officers to turn their heads and look at the "Trone."
Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman