Webster's Dictionary 1913

6589

Dure

Dure (?), a. [L. durus; akin to Ir. & Gael. dur �, stubborn, W. dir certain, sure, cf. Gr. � force.] Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.The winter is severe, and life is dure ...

6590

Dure (2)

Dure, 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. Sir W. Raleigh.Yet hath he not root in h...

6591

Dureful

Dure″ful (?), a. Lasting. Spenser.

6592

Dureless

Dure″less, a. Not lasting. Sir W. Raleigh.

6593

Durene

Du″rene (?), n. [L. durus hard; — so called because solid at ordinary temperatures.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial productio...

6594

Duress

Du″ress (?), n. [OF. duresse, du�, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure.] 1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.The...

6595

Duress (2)

Du‐ress″ (?), v. t. To subject to duress. “The party duressed.” Bacon.

6596

Duressor

Du‐ress″or (?), n.(Law) One who subjects another to duress Bacon.

6597

Durga

‖Dur″ga (?), n.(Myth.) Same as Doorga.

6598

Durham

Dur″ham (?), 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.

6599

Durian

{ Du″ri‐an (?), orDu″ri‐on (?) }, 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-col...

6600

During

Dur″ing (?), 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.

6601

Durio

‖Du″ri‐o (?), n. [NL., fr. Malay d�ri thorn.] (Bot.) A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

6602

Durity

Du″ri‐ty (?), n. [L. duritas, fr. durus hard.] 1. Hardness; firmness. Sir T. Browne.2. Harshness; cruelty. Cockeram.

6603

Durometer

Du‐rom″e‐ter (?), 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...

6604

Durous

Du″rous (?), a. [L. durus.] Hard.

6605

Durra

Dur″ra (?), 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 mil...

6606

Durst

Durst (?), imp. of Dare. See Dare, v. i.

6607

Durukuli

‖Du′ru‐ku″li (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). [Written also douroucouli.]

6608

Durylic

Du‐ryl″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid.

6609

Duse

Duse (?), n. A demon or spirit. See Deuce.

6610

Dusk

Dusk (?), a. [OE. dusc, dosc, deosc; cf. dial. Sw. duska to drizzle, dusk a slight shower. ���.] Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.A pathless des...

6611

Dusk (2)

Dusk, n. 1. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.2. A darkish color.Whose duck set off the whiteness of the ski...

6612

Dusk (3)

Dusk, v. t. To make dusk.After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth. Holland.

6613

Dusk (4)

Dusk, v. i. To grow dusk. Chaucer.

6614

Dusken

Dusk″en (?), v. t. To make dusk or obscure.Not utterly defaced, but only duskened. Nicolls.

6615

Duskily

Dusk″i‐ly (?), adv. In a dusky manner. Byron.