Durance

Definition of Durance

Dur´ance

n.	1.	Continuance; duration. See Endurance. Of how short durance was this new-made state! - Dryden.
	2.	Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak. 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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