*trone*

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Austronesia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Chem. & Physics) 1. Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other. Contrasted with neutral and electropositive [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physics) carrying a negative electrical charge. [ PJC ]

4. (Chem. and Physics) having a tendency to take up electrons and form negative ions; having a relatively positive electrode potential. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. (Physics) having no net electric charge; not electrified; uncharged; neutral. Opposite of charged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. patronnesse. ] A female patron or helper. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Night, best patroness of grief. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. petrinal, fr. peitrine, petrine, the breast, F. poitrine; so called because it was placed against the breast in order to fire. See Poitrel. ] A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A throne. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. F. trogne a belly. ] A small drain. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a balance; cf. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. A steelyard. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]