trone

American  

[trohn] / troʊn /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of trone

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

Example Sentences

Than seyde he thus, `Almighty Iove in trone, That wost of al this thing the soothfastnesse, 1080 Rewe on my sorwe, or do me deye sone, Or bring Criseyde and me fro this distresse.'

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

Ihesu crist, þat made mone, Þine dremes turne to ioye; 1316 Þat wite þw that sittes in trone!

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

Listen, then: 'Soyez, marquis, le depositaire de mes secrets, le confidant des mysteres de Madame Taliazuchi, l'oreille du trone, et le sanctuaire ou s'annonceront les complots de mes ennemis.'

From Frederick the Great and His Family by Coleman, Chapman, Mrs.

As grief from out my soul shall fly, Just comin' from de trone; I'll shout salvation when I die, Good news, O, good news!

From Army Life in a Black Regiment by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

De angels march all roun' de trone, De angels march all roun' de trone, De angels march all roun' de trone,     I can't stay behin'.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various