durance

durance is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] Continuance; duration. See Endurance. [Archaic] Of how short durance was this new-made state! Dryden.

[2] Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak. "Durance vile." Burns. In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint. Pope.

[3] A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting. Where didst thou buy this buff let me not live but I will give thee a good suit of durance. J. Webster.

[4] In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.

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