durIng, duryng, durynge

[Properly the pr. par. of the verb to dure (q. v.), used prepositionally, and the construction corresponding originally to the Latin ablative absolute; as, durante vita =while life lasts, during life.] In the time or throughout the course or existence of; while some certain thing or state of things lasts. "Our soul is but a smoke or airy blast, Which, during life, doth in our nostrils play." Davies: Immortality of the Soul , st. 30. 1568 dür-I-õ, dür-i-an, dür-i-on, s. [Malay duryon.] Bot.: A genus of plants belonging to the natural order Sterculiaceae. There is but one species, Durio zibeth in us, a lofty tree, a native of the Malayan Archipelago. It furnishes the fruit called Durian, which is highly prized for its delicious flavor, although a ociated with a fetid odor, which has given rise to the name Civet Durian. It grows to a size as large as a man's head, and comes into season in May or June; occasionally a second crop is gathered in November. The flowers are large and of a yellowish-green color. *dür-I-ty, s . [Lat. duritas , from durus =hard; Fr. dureté; Ital. durità.] 1. Hardne , firmne , solidity. (Of material substances.) "Ancients did burn fragments of marble, which in time became marble again, at least of indi oluble durity, as appear eth in the standing theaters."- Wotton : Architecture. 2. Hardne , firmne , or sternne of mind or disposition.