† durousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Hard.
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braasny1382
dure1412
flinty?1541
obdurate1598
putaminous1598
oakeda1618
marblya1620
obdure1625
marmorean1656
durous1666
calculous1682
scirrhous1694
horn-hard1768
marmoreal1798
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (ed. 2) 186 They [glandules] all of them vary much from their primitive tenderness and bigness, and so become more durous.
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