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ressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. Burke.

One who subjects another to duress Bacon.

Same as Doorga.

One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.

In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year.

ruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

Hardness; firmness. Sir T. Browne.

An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like.

Hard. [Obs. & R.]

A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc.]

of Dare. See Dare, v. i.

A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). [Written also douroucouli.]

Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid.

To burn up. [Obs.] Bacon.

Either of two compounds, a chlorine derivative and bromine derivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers.

Burning; ardent. [R.] Lo! further on, Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore. Cary.

A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.

A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.