Dure

dur, v. [dured (durd), during.] To endure, last, continue. [F. durer, L. durare, -atum, fr. durus, hard, lasting, Ir. and Ga. dur, dull, hard, obstinate, am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, DYAD firm, W. dir, certain, sure Gr. dunam is, force.] — Du'rable, a. Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; not perishable or changeable; permanent firm stable constant. — Dulablene , -billty, n. — Dulably, acfo. — Dur'ance, -ans, n. Continuance duration imprisonment dure . — Dura'tion, n. Quality of enduring; continuance in time prolonged existence portion of time during which anything exists. — Dure , du'res or du-res', n. Hardship constraint imprisonment. (Law.) State of compulsion in which one induced, by restraint of his liberty or menace of bodily harm, to do some legal act, or to commit a misdemeanor. [OF. duresce.] —During, prep. In the time of as long as the action or existence of. [Orig. p. pr. of dureT] — Durom^eter, n. An instrument for testing hardne of material, esp. of steel rails. [Gr. metron, measure.]— Dura-mater, dula-ma'ter, n. (Anat.) The outer membrane of the brain. [L.,lit. hard mother,— called mater, because formerly thought to give rise to every membrane of the body.] Durst. See Dare.