Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DUPLICATURE

DUPLICATURE, noun A doubling; a fold. In anatomy, the fold of a membrane or vessel.

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DUPLICITY

DUPLICITY, noun [Latin, double.]1. Doubleness; the number two.2. Doubleness of heart or speech; the act or practice of exhibiting a different or contrary conduct, or uttering di...

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DURABILITY

DURABILITY, noun [See Durable.] The power of lasting or continuing, in any given state, without perishing; as the durability of cedar or oak timber; the durability of animal and...

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DURABLE

DURABLE, adjective [Latin, to last; hard.] Having the quality of lasting or continuing long in being, without perishing or wearing out as durable timber; durable cloth; durable ...

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DURABLENESS

DURABLENESS, noun Power of lasting; durability; as the durableness of honest fame.

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DURABLY

DURABLY, adverb In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

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DURANCE

DURANCE, noun [Latin]1. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody of the jailer.2. Continuance; duration. [See Endurance.]

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DURANT

DURANT, noun A glazed woolen stuff; called by some everlasting.

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DURATION

DURATION, noun1. Continuance in time; length or extension of existence, indefinitely; as the duration of life; the duration of a partnership; the duration of any given period of...

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DURE

DURE, verb intransitive [Latin See Durable.] To last; to hold on in time or being; to continue; to endure. [This word is obsolete; endure being substituted.]

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DUREFUL

DUREFUL, adjective Lasting.

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DURELESS

DURELESS, adjective Not lasting; fading.

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DURESS

DURESS, noun [Latin See Durable.]1. Literally, hardship; hence, constraint. Technically, duress in law, is of two kinds; duress of imprisonment, which is imprisonment or restrai...

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DURING

DURING, participle present tense Of dure. Continuing; lasting; holding on; as during life, that is, life continuing; during our earthly pilgrimage; during the space of a year; d...

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DURITY

DURITY, noun [Latin]1. Hardness; firmness.2. Hardness of mind; harshness. [Little used.]

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DUROUS

DUROUS, adjective Hard. [Not used.]

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DURRA

DURRA, noun A kind of millet, cultivated in North Africa.

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DURST

DURST, preterit tense Of dare.

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DUSE

DUSE, noun A demon or evil spirit. Quosdam daemones quos dusios Galli nuncupant. August. De Civ. Dei, 15. 23. What the duse is the matter? The duse is in you. [Vulgar.]

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DUSK

DUSK, adjective [G., tarnish; to tarnish; to become dull or obscure. Gr.]1. Tending to darkness, or moderately dark.2. Tending to a dark or black color; moderately black.DUSK, n...

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DUSKILY

DUSKILY, adverb With partial darkness; with a tendency to blackness or darkness.

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DUSKINESS

DUSKINESS, noun Incipient or partial darkness; a slight or moderate degree of darkness or blackness.

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DUSKISH

DUSKISH, adjective Moderately dusky; partially obscure; slightly dark or black; as duskish smoke.DUSKISH tincture.

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DUSKISHLY

DUSKISHLY, adverb Cloudily; darkly.

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DUSKISHNESS

DUSKISHNESS, noun Duskiness; approach to darkness.

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DUSKY

DUSKY, adjective1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; as a dusky valley.A dusky torch.2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as a dus...

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DUST

DUST, noun1. Fine dry particles of earth or other matter, so attenuated that it may be raised and wafted by the wind; powder; as clouds of dust and seas of blood.2. Fine dry par...