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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

duritas

, fr.

durus

hard.]

[Obs.]

Hardness; firmness.

Sir T. Browne.

Harshness; cruelty.

Cockeram.

Noun.

[L.]

Hardness; firmness.

Hardness of mind; harshness. [Little used.]

durity

(obsolete) hardness; firmness
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(obsolete) harshness; cruelty
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