Part 3539

<h1>Dupper</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dup"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See 2d <er>Dubber</er>.</def>

<h1>Dur</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[G., fr. L. <ets>durus</ets> hard, firm, vigorous.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Major; in the major mode; <as>as, C <ex>dur</ex>, that is, C major</as>.</def>

<h1>Dura</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Short form for <er>Dura mater</er>.</def>

<h1>Durability</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du`ra*bil"i*ty</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>durabilitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.</def>

<blockquote>A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of grandeur in our minds by the size, its height, . . . its antiquity, and its <b>durability</b>. <i>Blair.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Durable</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>durabilis</ets>, fr. <ets>durare</ets> to last: cf. F. <ets>durable</ets>. See <er>Dure</er>.]</ety> <def>Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; <as>as, <ex>durable</ex> cloth; <ex>durable</ex> happiness.</as></def>

<blockquote>Riches and honor are with me; yea, <b>durable</b> riches and righteousness. <i>Prov. viii. 18.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An interest which from its object and grounds must be so <b>durable</b>. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Lasting; permanent; enduring; firm; stable; continuing; constant; persistent. See <er>Lasting</er>.</syn>

<h1>Durableness</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"ra*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>durableness</b> of the metal that supports it. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Durably</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"ra*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lasting manner; with long continuance.</def>

<h1>Dural</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.</def>

<h1>Dura mater</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du"ra ma"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L., lit., hard mother. The membrane was called <ets>mater</ets>, or mother, because it was formerly thought to give rise to every membrane of the body.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to <i>dura</i>.</def>

<h1>Duramen</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du*ra"men</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., hardness, a hardened, <it>i. e.</it>, ligneous, vine branch, fr. <ets>durare</ets> to harden. See <er>Dure</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The heartwood of an exogenous tree.</def>

<h1>Durance</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dur"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>durance</ets> duration, fr. L. <ets>durans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. <ets>durare</ets> to endure, last. See <er>Dure</er>, and cf. <er>Durant</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Continuance; duration. See <er>Endurance</er>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>