duraln.
/ˈdjʊərəl/ = Duralumin n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > aluminium alloys
aluminium bronze1856
aluminide1859
aluminum bronze1860
minargent1869
aluminum brass1881
aluminium brass1886
romanium1897
magnalium1900
Duralumin1910
silumin1922
Alclad1927
dural1937
1937 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 41 495 Standard dural tanks weigh approximately 0·47 to 0·38 lb. per gallon.
1937 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 41 588 Before these plastic materials can be considered as being on a par with steel, dural, or spruce.
1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend 145 A seating scheme of long, hard dural benches.
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† duraladj.1
Music. Obsolete.
= dure adj. 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [adjective] > high > raised by semitone
dural1609
dure1609
sharpened1730
sharped1746
1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 14 The Scale ♮ Durall is a Progression of Musicall Voyces, rising from A to ♮ sharpely, that is, by the Voyce Mi.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Durale or Duro, in the Italian music..This name is given to B natural, by reason its sound is sharp, when compared with B mol, or flat.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
duraladj.2
/ˈdjʊərəl/ Of or pertaining to the dura mater.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > [adjective] > membranes > dura mater
epidural1882
dural1888
intradural1890
1888 Medical News LII. 430 The dural vessels were well injected externally and internally.
1890 F. P. Foster Illustr. Encycl. Med. Dict. II. 1370/1 Dural, pertaining to the dura.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1937
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