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admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings. That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.

Incapable of being turned or changed. An indurate and invertible conscience. Cranmer.

Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.; as:

A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle.

entirely of needlework, first made at Alencon in France, in the 17th century. It is very durable and of great beauty and cost. -- Bone lace, Brussels lace, etc. See under Bone, Brussels, etc. -- Gold lace, or Silver lace, lace having warp threads of silk, or silk and cotton, and a weft of silk threads covered with g…

Continuance; endurance. Locke.

The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.

To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden.

Of human being: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life. She shows a body rather than a life. Shak.

A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.

Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep. Best him enough: after a little time, I'll beat him too. Shak.

The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.

e oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Q. chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks. -- Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests…

Lasting; durable. [Obs.] Thou hast built thyself a livelong monument. Milton.

Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.

Long duration of life; length of life. The instances of longevity are chiefly amongst the abstemious. Arbuthnot.

ls, fever, and sweating in distinct paroxysms, At intervals of definite and often uniform duration, in which these symptoms are wholly absent (intermittent fever), or only partially so (remittent fever); fever and ague; chills and fever.

tive name abaca. From it matting, canvas, ropes, and cables are made. -- Manila paper, a durable brown or buff paper made of Manila hemp, used as a wrapping paper, and as a cheap printing and writing paper. The name is also given to inferior papers, made of other fiber.

lake, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished for its transparency and the depth and durability of its color.

See Alma mater, Dura mater, and Pia mater.