An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

L. B. trona, statera publica; Isl. tra-na, a crane; rostrum longiusculum.

2. The pillory, S.
Acts Sed.

Trone-weight, s. The standard weight used at the Trone, S.

Tronare, s. The person who had the charge of the Trone. L. B. tronar-ius.
Stat. Dav. II.

Trone-men, s. Those who carry off the soot sweeped from chimneys; denominated from their station at the Trone, Edinburgh.

To Trone, v. a. To subject to the disgraceful punishment of the pillory.
Kennedy.

TRONE, s. A throne.

Fr. id.

Douglas.

TRONIE, s. A traditionary saw, generally in rhyme; any thing frequently repeated, S. B. apparently the same with [Trewane].