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Webster 1913 Edition

Durance

Dur′ance

,
Noun.
[OF.
durance
duration, fr. L.
durans
,
-antis
, p. pr.
durare
to endure, last. See
Dure
, and cf.
Durant
.]
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)
A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.
(b)
In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Durance

DURANCE

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody of the jailer.
2.
Continuance; duration. [See Endurance.]

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