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The quality or state of being doughy.

The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.

The quality or state of being downy.

The quality of being dreadful.

The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." Macaulay.

Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. W. Irving.

Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry. Drying oil, an oil which, either naturally or after boiling with oxide of lead, absorbs oxygen from the air and dries up rapidly. Drying oils are used as the bases of many paints and varnishes.

The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage.

Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. T. Goodwin.

The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke. Massinger.

The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

Codfish cured in a particular manner, so as to be of a superior quality.

Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.

The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness. A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of grandeur in our minds by the size, its height, . . . its antiquity, and…

The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists. It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited. Macaulay. Soon shall have passed our own human duration. D. Webster.

ng in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. "The eagerness of love." Addison.

The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety. An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. W. Irving.

The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.

The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.