durante vita 
durante Vita (du-ran'te vi'ta). [L. : durante, 
abl. of duran(t-)s, during (see durante bene- 
placito); vita, abl. of ito,life: see rital.'] Dur- 
ing life. 
duration (du-ra'shon), n. [< ME. duration. 
Cf. Pr. duracio = Sp"duracion = Pg. durag&o = 
It. durazione, < ML. duratio(n-), continuance, 
perseverance, < L. durare, last : see dure, v.] 
Continuance in time ; also, the length of time 
during which anything continues : as, the dura- 
tion of life or of a partnership; the duration 
of a tone or note in music; the duration of an 
eclipse. 
The distance between any parts of that succession [of 
ideas], or between the appearance of any two ideas in our 
ininds, is that we call duration. 
Locke, Human Understanding, II. xiv. 3. 
Is there any thing in human life, the duration of which 
can be called long? Steele, Spectator, No. 153. 
It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should 
be limited. Macaulay. 
Relative, apparent, and common time is duration as es- 
timated by the motion of bodies, as by days, months, and 
years. Clerk Maxwell, Matter and Motion, art. xvii. 
durbar, darbar (der'bar), n. [< Hind, darbar, 
Turk, derbdr, < Pers. darbar, a court, an audi- 
ence-room, < dar, a door, + bar, admittance, 
audience, court, tribunal.] 1. An audience- 
room in the palace of a native prince of India; 
the audience itself. 
He was at once informed that a Rampore citizen had 
no right to enter the durbar of Jubbul, and was obliged 
to go out in the rain in the court-yard. 
W. H. Russell, Diary in India, II. 206. 
2. A state levee or audience held by the gov- 
ernor-general of India, or by one of the native 
princes; an official reception. 
On January 1, 1877, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Em- 
press of India, at a darbdr of unequalled magnificence, 
held on the historic " ridge " overlooking the Mughal capi- 
tal of Delhi. Encyc. Brit., XII. 811. 
duret (dur), a. [Sc. also dour; < OF. dur, F. 
dur = Sp. Pg. It. duro, < L. durus, hard, rough, 
harsh, insensible, = Ir. dur = Gael, dur, dull, 
hard, stupid, obstinate, firm, strong, = W. dir, 
certain, sure, of force, dir, force, certainty; 
but the Celtic forms, like W. dur, steel, may 
be borrowed from the Latin.] Hard ; rough. 
What dure and cruell penance dooe 
I sustaine for none offence at all. 
Palace of Pleasure, I. sig. Q, 4. 
duret (dur), . [< ME. duren, < OF. durer, F. 
durer = Pr. Sp. Pg. durar = It. durare, < L. 
durare, intr.be hardened, be patient, wait, hold 
out, endure, last, tr. harden, inure, < durus, 
hard, rough, harsh, insensible: see dure, a. 
Hence endure, perdure, duration, during, etc.] 
1. intrans. 1. To extend in time; last; con- 
tinue ; be or exist ; endure. 
Why] that the world may dure. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 980. 
Vpon a sabboth day, when the disciples were come to- 
gether vnto the breakyng of the bread, Paule made a ser- 
mon duryng to mydnight. Tyndale, Works, p. 476. 
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while. 
Mat. xiii. 21. 
The noblest of the Citizens were ordained Priests, which 
function dured with their liues. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 332. 
2. To extend in space. 
Arabye durethe fro the endes of the Reme of Caldee 
unto the laste ende of Affryk, and marchethe to the Lond 
of Ydumee, toward the ende of Botron. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 43. 
"How fer is it hens to Camelot?" quod Seigramor. 
" Sir. it is vj mile vnto a plain that dureth wele two myle 
fro thens." Merlin(E. E. T. S.), ii. 260. 
II. trans. To abide ; endure. 
He that can trot a courser, break a rush, 
And, arm'd in proof, dare dure a strawes strong push. 
Marston, Satires, i. 
durefult (dur'ful), a. [< dure + -ful.] Last- 
ing : as, dureful brass. 
The durefull oake whose sap is not yet dride. 
Spenser, Sonnets, vi. 
durelesst (dur'les), a. [< dure + -less.] Not 
lasting; fading; fleeting: as, "dureless plea- 
sures," Raleigh, Hist. World. 
Diireresque (du-rer-esk' ), a. [< Diirer (see def.) 
+ -esque.] In the manner or style of Albert 
Diirer, the most famous Renaissance artist of 
Germany (1471-1528), noted for the perfection 
of his drawing and the facility with which he 
delineated character and passion: as, Diirer- 
esque detail. Albert Durer was at once painter, sculp- 
tor, engraver, and architect ; but his fame is must widely 
spread through his admirable engravings, botll on wood 
and on copper, which far surpassed anything that had 
1802 
been produced in that branch of art in his day, and pro- 
vided free scope for his remarkable sureness and delicacy 
of hand. One of the greatest merits of his work lies in 
the harmony of composition characterizing even his most 
complicated designs. In his early work the detail, though 
Durio 
come, q. v.] A Hindu divinity, the consort of 
Siva, other names given her being Devi, Kali, 
Parvati, Bhavani, Uma, etc. She is generally rep- 
resented with ten arms. In one hand she holds a spear, 
with which she is 
piercing Mahisha, 
the chief of the 
demons, the kill- 
ing of whom was 
her most famous 
exploit ; in ano- 
ther, a sword ; in 
a third, the hair of 
the demon chief, 
and the tail of a 
serpent twined 
round him ; and in ^ 
others, the trident, 
discus, ax, club, 
and shield. A great 
festival lasting ten 
days is celebrated 
annually in Bengal 
in her honor. Also 
spelled Doorga. 
durgan. dur- 
gen (der'gan, 
-gen), n. [A 
Durga. 
( From Coleman's" Hindu Mythology.") 
dwarf 
dwergh, etc.) : 
see dwarf.] A 
dwarf. M.Phillips,n06; Halliwell. [Prov.Eng.] 
Durham (der'am), n. One of a breed of short- 
horn cattle, so named from the county of Dur- 
ham in England, where they are brought to 
great perfection: also used attributively: as, 
the Durham breed ; Durham cattle. 
always rendered with almost unparalleled truth, is some- Duria (du'ri-a), n. See 
what profuse and labored, and often sacrifices beauty to durian (du'n-an), n. [< Malay du 
tree, the Durio Zibethinus. 
fruit of this tree. 
Diireresque Detail, as illustrated in a woodcut by Durer. 
(Reduced from the original.) 
1. A 
See Durio. 2. The 
Wetastedmanyfruitsnewtous; . . . we tried a durian, 
the fruit of the East, . . . and having got over the first 
horror of the onion-like odour we found it by no means 
bad. Lady Brassey, Voyage of Sunbeam, II. xxiv. 
exactness ; but toward the close of his career he sought 
to attain repose and simplicity of manner and subject. 
duress (du'res or du-res'), n. [< ME. duresse, 
duresce, hardship, OF. durece, duresce, du- 
resse = Pr. duressa = Sp. Pg. dureza = It. du- 
rezza, < L. duritia, hardness, harshness, sever- 
ity, austerity, < durus, hard: see dure, a.] If. fl^Uo (do-rel'yo), . [Sp., dim. of duro, hard: 
Hardness. see dure, a.] An old Spanish coin, a gold dol- 
lar: otherwise called the escudillo de oro and 
coronilla. 
duringt, . [< ME. during; verbal n. of dure, 
t\] Duration; existence. 
And that shrewes ben more unsely if they were of lenger 
Whan the spaynols that a-spied spakli the! him folwed, during and most unsely yf they weren perdurable. 
And deden al the duresse that thei do mist. Chaucer, Boethius, iv. prose 4. 
William oSPalerne(E.E. -I. S.), 1.3632. during*^. a . [< ME. during, ppr. of duren, 
Yef I delyuer my moder fro this luge^ shall eny other l as t : see dure, V.] Lasting; continuing; en- 
during. Chaucer. 
Temples and statues, reared in your minds, 
The fairest, and most during imagery. 
B. Jonson, Sejanus, i. 2. 
during (dur'ing), prep. [< ME. duringe, pre; 
Ye that here an herte of suche duresse, 
A faire body formed to the same. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 67. 
2. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprison- 
ment; restraint of liberty ; durance. 
do her duresse? Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 19. 
Right feeble through the evill rate 
Of food which in her duresse she had found. 
Spenser, . Q., IV. viii. 19. 
After an unsatisfactory examination and a brief duress, 
the busy ecclesiastic was released. 
Motley, Dutch Republic, III. 398. 
prop 
g (dur'ing), prep. [< ME. duringe, prop.. 
. ppr. of dure, last (see during, p. a.), like 
P* Durante, < 1.. durante abl agreeing j with 
the substantive, as m durante wta, during life, 
ht - '. lf ? lastm ,' y here duran < is the present 
3. In law, actual or apprehended physical re- 
straint so great as to amount to coercion: a 
species of fraud in which compulsion in some 
form takes the place of deception in accom- 
plishing the injury. Coota/.-Duress of goods participle used m agreement with the noun 
the forcible seizing or withholding of "sonal property vita (E. life), used absolutely: durante, abl. ot 
withoutsufncientjustiflcation.inordertocoercetheclaim- duran(t-)s, ppr. of durare, last: see dure, V.} 
ant. Duress of imprisonment, actual deprivation of i n the time of; in the course of; throughout 
liberty. Duress per minas, coercion by threats of de- , />rvTiHrmnn/>a nf- n fltirinn lifp dtirinn 
structiontolifeorlimb. A promise is voidable when made the ' as, at. .ng 11 uring 
our earthly pilgrimage ; during the space ot a 
A promise is 
under duress, whether this is exercised immediately upon 
the promisor or upon wife, husband, descendant, or ascen- 
dant. 
duress* (du-res'), v. t. [< duress, .] To sub- 
ject to duress or restraint ; imprison. 
If the party duressed do make any motion. Bacon. 
duressort (du-res'or), n. [< duress + -or.'] In 
law, one wno subjects another to duress. Bacon. 
durett (du-ref), n. [Appar. < OF. duret, F. 
duret (= It. duretto), somewhat stiff, hard, etc., 
dim. of dur, stiff, hard, etc., < L. durus, hard: ]) U r.io (du'ri-6), n. 
see dure, a.] A kind of dance. 
The Knights take their Ladies to dance with them gal- 
liards, durets, corantoes, &c. 
Beaumont, Masque of Inner-Temple. 
durettat, . [As if < It. duretto, somewhat 
hard: see duret.] A coarse kind of stuff, so 
called from its wearing well. 
I never durst be seen 
Before my father out of duretta and serge ; 
But if he catch me in such paltry stuffs, 
To make me look like one that lets out money, 
Let him say, Timothy was tarn a fool. 
Jasper Afayne, City Mateh, i. 5. 
Durga (dor'ga), n. [Hind. Durga, Skt. Durga, 
a female divinity (see def.), prop, adj., lit. 
whose going is hard, hard to go to or through, 
impassable, as n. difficulty, danger, < dtir-foT 
dus-, hard, bad (= Gr. 6va-, bad: see dys-), + 
I '- ',-, j. . ' T-I Purian (Durio Zibel 
V ga, another form of i/ gam, go, come, = E. ,,. 
year. 
Ulysses was a baron of Greece, exceedingly wise, and 
during the siege of Troy invented the game of chess. 
Quoted in Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, p. 405. 
During the whole time Rip and his companion had la- 
bored on in silence. Jrviny, Sketch-Book, p. 53. 
The whole world sprang to arms. On the head of Fred- 
eric is all the blood which was shed in a war which raged 
during many years and in every quarter of the globe. 
Macaulay, Frederic the Great. 
[NL., also written Duria 
and (non-Latinized) Durion, 
Dhourra, etc., < Malay dury- 
on: see durian.] A genus of 
malvaceous trees, of which 
there are three species, na- 
tives of the Malay peninsula 
and adjoining islands. The 
durian, D. Zibethimis, the best- 
known species, is a tall tree very 
commonly cultivated for its fruit, 
wliirh is very large, with a thick 
hard rind and entirely covered 
with strong sharp spines. Not- 
withstanding its strong civet odor 
and somewhat terebinthinate fla- 
vor, it is regarded by the natives 
as the most delicious of fruits. The 
custard-like pulp in which the 
large seeds are embedded is the 
part eaten ; the seeds are also 
roasted and eaten, or puunded into 
