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n. (Photog.) Either of two compounds, a chlorine derivative and bromine derivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Burning; ardent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lo! further on,
Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore. Cary. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Written also bahawder. ] [ Hind. bahādur hero, champion. ] A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See bandore. ] A traditional Ukrainian stringed musical instrument shaped like a lute, having many strings. [ PJC ]

‖ [ F., hardened wood. ] A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bordure. See Border, n. ] (Her.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) See Cundurango. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. for F. corde du roi king's cord. ] 1. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Trousers or breeches of corduroy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corduroy road, a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; -- so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To form of logs laid side by side. “Roads were corduroyed.” Gen. W. T. Sherman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer. [ Written also condurango. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rejection; dismissal. [ R. ] Hayter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ G., fr. L. durus hard, firm, vigorous. ] (Mus.) Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Short form for Dura mater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. durabilitas. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of grandeur in our minds by the size, its height, . . . its antiquity, and its durability. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. durabilis, fr. durare to last: cf. F. durable. See Dure. ] Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. Prov. viii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

An interest which from its object and grounds must be so durable. De Quincey.

Syn. -- Lasting; permanent; enduring; firm; stable; continuing; constant; persistent. See Lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability. [ 1913 Webster ]

The durableness of the metal that supports it. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lasting manner; with long continuance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ a trademark. ] an aluminum-based alloy which is both light and strong, containing 4 per cent of copper and 0.5 per cent of magnesium and smaller amounts of iron, manganese, and silicon. It hardens with aging at room temperature. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖ [ L., lit., hard mother. The membrane was called mater, or mother, because it was formerly thought to give rise to every membrane of the body. ] (Anat.) The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., hardness, a hardened, i. e., ligneous, vine branch, fr. durare to harden. See Dure. ] (Bot.) The heartwood of an exogenous tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. durance duration, fr. L. durans, -antis, p. pr. durare to endure, last. See Dure, and cf. Durant. ] 1. Continuance; duration. See Endurance. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of how short durance was this new-made state! Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak. “Durance vile.” Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (a) A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

(b) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Duration. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. durant, p. pr. of durer to last. Cf. Durance. ] See Durance, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prep. [ L., abl. case of the p. pr. of durare to last. ] (Law) During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. duration. See Dure. ] The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Soon shall have passed our own human duration. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Continuing; not completed; implying duration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Its durative tense, which expresses the thought of it as going on. J. Byrne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. darbār, fr. Per dar&unr_;ār house, court, hall of audience; dar door, gate + bār court, assembly. ] 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. [ India ] [ Written also darbar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. durus; akin to Ir. & Gael. dur &unr_;, stubborn, W. dir certain, sure, cf. Gr. &unr_; force. ] Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. W. H. Russell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. durer, L. durare to harden, be hardened, to endure, last, fr. durus hard. See Dure, a. ] To last; to continue; to endure. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while. Matt. xiii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lasting. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not lasting. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. durus hard; -- so called because solid at ordinary temperatures. ] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. duresse, du&unr_;, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure. ] 1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To subject to duress. “The party duressed.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who subjects another to duress Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Myth.) Same as Doorga. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

prep. [ Orig., p. pr. of dure. ] In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Malay d&unr_;ri thorn. ] (Bot.) A fruit tree (Durio zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. (Bot.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. duritas, fr. durus hard. ] [ Obs. ] 1. Hardness; firmness. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Harshness; cruelty. Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. durus hard + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. durus. ] Hard. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. dhorra. ] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [ Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Dare. See Dare, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey of the genus Aotus (formerly Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). The owl monkey. See douroucouli. [ Written also douroucouli. ] [ 1913 Webster ]