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tron(2) (iou)



tron noun & verb. ME.
[Old French trone from Latin trutina from Greek trutane balance.]
A. noun.
Hist. A public weighing-machine for weighing produce in the market-place of a city or burgh; the post of this used as a pillory. Scot. & north. ME.
b. transf. The place in a city etc. where the tron was set up; a market-place. Now Hist. exc. in place-names. Scot. E16.
In pl. A pair of scales. north. E19.
Comb.: tron-pound Hist. the pound of tron weight (see below), varying locally between 21 and 28 ounces; tron weight Hist. the standard of weight for produce weighed at the tron.
b. verb trans. Weigh at the tron. Scot. & north. E17.
troner noun (Scot. & north., obsolete exc. Hist.) an official overseeing the weighing of produce at the tron LME.

phaeomycotic cyst (medicine)


phaeomycotic cyst


A subcutaneous cystic granuloma caused by pigmented fungi, usually solitary and located on the extremities.