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n. The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty. [ 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. The state or quality of being immature; immaturity. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Insecurity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, dog + &unr_; urine. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called kynurin) and carbonic acid. [ Written also cynurenic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laurentian period (Geol.), the lower of the two divisions of the Archæan age; -- called also the Laurentian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being mature; maturity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who had charge of the wall of a town, or its repairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ NL. Muraena, the generic name + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the genus Muraena, or family Muraenidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neuro- + enteric. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., n. } Hardness. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Obscurity. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; side + &unr_;, as in parenchyma. ] (Bot.) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security. [ 1913 Webster ]