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Durance

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.

(2):

(n.) A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.

(3):

(n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.

(4):

(n.) Continuance; duration. See Endurance.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Durance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/durance.html. 1828.