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Trones

Trone \Trone\, Trones \Trones\, n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr. ?.]

  1. A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.]

  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. [Scot.]
    --Jamieson.

    Trone stone, a weight equivalent to nineteen and a half pounds. [Scot.]

    Trone weight, a weight formerly used in Scotland, in which a pound varied from 21 to 28 ounces avoirdupois.

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Trones (Asturias)

Trones is one of 54 parish councils in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

Its villages include: Araniegu, Faéu, Ḷḷourante, Olgu, Paraxas, Rozas and Trones.

Category:Parishes in Cangas del Narcea