Part 3540

<blockquote>Of how short <b>durance</b> was this new-made state! <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. <i>Shak</i>.</def> "<i>Durance</i> vile."

<i>Burns.</i>

<blockquote>In <b>durance</b>, exile, Bedlam or the mint. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.</def>

<blockquote>Where didst thou buy this buff? let me not live but I will give thee a good suit of <b>durance</b>. <i>J. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes</def>.

<h1>Durancy</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dur"an*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Duration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Durant</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dur"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>durant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>durer</ets> to last. Cf. <er>Durance</er>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Durance</er>, 3.</def>

<h1>Durante</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du*ran"te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[L., abl. case of the p. pr. of <ets>durare</ets> to last.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>During; <as>as, <ex>durante vita</ex>, during life; <ex>durante bene placito</ex>, during pleasure.</as></def>

<h1>Duration</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Du*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>duration</ets>. See <er>Dure</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.</def>

<blockquote>It was proposed that the <b>duration</b> of Parliament should be limited. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Soon shall have passed our own human <b>duration</b>. <i>D. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Durative</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dur"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Continuing; not completed; implying duration.</def>

<blockquote>Its <b>durative</b> tense, which expresses the thought of it as going on. <i>J. Byrne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Durbar</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dur"bar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>darb\'ber</ets>, fr. Per <ets>dar<?/\'ber</ets> house, court, hall of audience; <ets>dar</ets> door, gate + <ets>b\'ber</ets> court, assembly.]</ety> <def>An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India.</def> <mark>[India]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>darbar</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Dure</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>durus</ets>; akin to Ir. & Gael. <ets>dur <?/</ets>, stubborn, W. <ets>dir</ets> certain, sure, cf. Gr. <?/ force.]</ety> <def>Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The winter is severe, and life is <b>dure</b> and rude. <i>W. H. Russell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dure</h1> <Xpage=462>

<hw>Dure</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>durer</ets>, L. <ets>durare</ets> to harden, be hardened, to endure, last, fr. <ets>durus</ets> hard. See <er>Dure</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To last; to continue; to endure.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>