单词 | durance |
释义 | durancen.ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [noun] durabilityc1374 duringc1374 lastingnessa1398 perdurance1508 permanence1509 durancea1513 permanency1555 durableness1587 indeficiency1614 duration1637 durancy1647 indelibleness1655 unfailingnessa1656 undissolution1662 permanentness1727 persistency1833 out-take1866 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cv. f. xliiiv Some wryters accompt the terme of the duraunce of this kyngdome, From Cerdicus to Egbert and some to the last yere of Aluredus. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 29/2 Let it soe rest in a sellar the durance of 14 dayes. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 271 Had not that Instigator of Ills..forbid its Durance by maliciously sowing Tares. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [noun] > durability tack1412 durableness1579 durability1593 durance1599 duration1637 wearability1927 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 69 That compar'd with this is nought so fine..Nor of like durance. 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 108 Precious Wood..both for Colour, Aromatick smell and Durance. 1669 C. Merret Some Observ. conc. ordering Wines in W. Charleton Two Disc. 203 It acquires a better durance and taste. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 98 The durance of a granite ledge. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > stout or durable > everlasting durance1583 everlasting1738 lasting1748 durant1766 1583 in Northern Notes & Queries (1886) 1 77 A payr of blew paynd hosse, drawin furthe wt Dewrance. 1588 Acct.-bk. W. Wray in Antiquary (1896) 32 54 Ii pece cremosynge Duraunce..and one pece blacke duraunce. 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. xiii. sig. I3v I refuse to weare buffe for the lasting, and shall I be content to apparell my braine in durance? 1709 Female Tatler in Malcolm Anecd. 18th C. (1808) 133 Shallons, durances, and right Scotch plaids. 1744 J. MacSparran Diary 18 Oct. (1899) 21 My wife put her red Durance Petticoat in the Frame and Betty and she is at work thereon. 4. Endurance (of toil or fatigue). archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun] > capacity for moral effort or endurance thildc950 strengthOE dureec1330 rankc1400 tolerance1412 adamant1445 toleration1531 validity1578 durance1579 bent1604 strongness1650 duress1651 strength1667 durableness1740 stamina1803 willpower1842 backbone1843 thewness1860 sand1867 upbearing1885 wiriness1892 gut1893 sisu1926 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Epil. 2 That..time in durance shall outweare. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. v. vii. 179/2 Their hardines..partly naturall, and partly acquired by practise of their bodies to durance. 1881 R. Buchanan God & Man III. 31 Many a man..had saved himself from..madness by the hard durance of toil. 5. Forced confinement, imprisonment; constraint. Now esp. in in durance vile. Cf. duress n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] prisonOE bonda1225 beclosing?c1225 narrowth?c1225 holdc1330 banda1400 festinance1426 duressc1430 enclosingc1440 closeness1530 durancea1535 closure1592 reclusedness1613 confinement1646 immurement1736 immuration1895 hack1899 prisonment1900 lockdown1973 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 49/2 Those that haue not letted to put them in duresse with out colour, wil let as lytle to procure their distruccion without cause. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 82 His mother, which as yet was in durance in Englande. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. v. 34 Thy Dol..is in base durance, and contagious prison. View more context for this quotation 1637 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 62 St. Paul being at durance in Rome. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 238 Him they release from durance base. 1770 E. Burke Thoughts Present Discontents 19 This Royal servitude and vile durance. 1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ Introd. p. xiii For the delivery of the peerless and immaculate Antoinetta..from the durance vile in which she has so long been immured in the Thuilleries. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 771 A Workhouse!..In durance vile here must I wake and weep. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. 246 The writer, who..was in durance for stealing a pair of mules. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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