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alled also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.

s; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration. Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. Shak.

hat which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.

Long duration; lastingness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals. J. J. Rousseau.

The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.

A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base. Dunglison.

The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.

Oldest; longest in duration. Shak.

taining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph.

se of the tongue; -- whence the name; -- called also esmeralda. -- Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. -- Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brigh…

t end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

Endurance. [Obs.] South.

Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition. "A better and enduring substance." Heb. x. 34. -- En*dur"ing*ly, adv. T. Arnold. -- En*dur"ing*ness, n.

rnal God is thy refuge. Deut. xxxiii. 27. To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. Locke.

Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15.

Relating to time or duration. [Obs.]

Eternal duration, past of future; eternity. From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. xc. 2.

The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.