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Trones
(gcide) | Trone \Trone\, Trones \Trones\, n. [LL. trona, fr. L. trutina a
balance; cf. Gr. ?.]
1. A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.]
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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.
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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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patroness
(encz) | patroness,mecenáška n: Jaroslav Šedivýpatroness,patronka n: Petr Prášekpatroness,sponzorka n: Petr Prášek |
patronesses
(encz) | patronesses,patronky n: pl. Petr Prášek |
Austronesia
(gcide) | Austronesia \Austronesia\ n.
1. the area comprising the islands of central and S Pacific
(Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia).
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Austronesian
(gcide) | Austronesian \Austronesian\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to Austronesia.
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Patroness
(gcide) | Patroness \Pa"tron*ess\, n. [Cf. F. patronnesse.]
A female patron or helper. --Spenser.
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Night, best patroness of grief. --Milton.
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austronesia
(wn) | Austronesia
n 1: islands of central and South Pacific (Indonesia and
Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia) |
austronesian
(wn) | Austronesian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Austronesia or its
people or culture
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Austronesia
2: the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and
Malaysia and Polynesia [syn: Austronesian, {Austronesian
language}] |
austronesian language
(wn) | Austronesian language
n 1: the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and
Malaysia and Polynesia [syn: Austronesian, {Austronesian
language}] |
patroness
(wn) | patroness
n 1: a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron [syn:
patroness, patronne] |
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