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durableness Now rare.|ˈdjʊərəb(ə)lnɛs|
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being durable.
1. = durability 1.
1587Golding De Mornay ix. (1617) 141 The measuring of durablenesse..they call Time. 1668H. More Div. Dial. iv. xxv. (1713) 350 marg., The Apostacy of the Church, how consistent with the durableness of God's Kingdom. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Pease, Pease, everlasting, so call'd because of its durableness. 1754Sherlock Disc. (1764) II. 243 Speculating on the Durableness of Things without themselves.
2. = durability 2.
1579–80North Plutarch To Rdr. 1 (R.) There is neither picture, nor image of marble, nor arch of triumph..that can match the durableness of an eloquent history. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 90 No Timber natural to our English Soil exceeds the Oak, for its Plenty, Strength, and Durableness. 1776Adam Smith W.N. i. xi. iii. (1869) I. 221 The durableness of metals is the foundation of this steadiness of price. 1778Eng. Gazetteer s.v. Barrington, A quarry of free-stone..noted for its durableness.
†3. Power of endurance. Cf. durable 3. Obs.
1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 50 He..exceeds our English Horse as to Durableness in travelling. |