Defn: A small drain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
TRONE; TRONES
Trone, Trones, n. Etym: [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.
TROOP Troop, n. Etym: [F. troupe, OF. trope, trupe, LL. troppus; of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. þorp a hamlet, village, G. dorf a village, dial. G. dorf a meeting. Norw. torp a little farm, a crowd, E. thorp. Cf. Troupe.]
1. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude. That which should accompany old age —As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends —I must not look to have. Shak.
2. Soldiers, collectively; an army; — now generally used in the
plural.
Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars. Shak.
His troops moved to victory with the precision of machines. Macaulay.
3. (Mil.)
Defn: Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.
4. A company of stageplayers; a troupe. W. Coxe.