trone

[ trohn ]

/ troʊn /

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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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
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
But Rinda was never in a hurry to perform any of her duties, and the wooden tub devoted to Mr. Trone still stood in its place.
Horace Chase|Constance Fenimore Woolson
For answer, Ruth took up Mr. Trone and deposited him on her husband's knee.
Horace Chase|Constance Fenimore Woolson

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
Trone-men, s. Those who carry off the soot sweeped from chimneys; denominated from their station at the Trone, Edinburgh.
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language|John Jamieson
"Here—you'd better put your monkey in the phaeton," he went on, passing over Mr. Trone.
Horace Chase|Constance Fenimore Woolson