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The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.

An instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.

To abuse; to treat ill. O, she misused me past the endurance of a block. Shak.

The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.

adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly. Happy here, and more happy hereafter. Bacon.

Morse. The Alphabetic code which is in use in North America is given below. In length, or duration, one dash is theoretically equal to three dots; the space between the elements of a letter is equal to one dot; the interval in spaced letters, as O . ., is equal to three dots. There are no spaces in any letter composed…

urple or crimson flowers in flattened heads. -- Mourning dove (Zoöl.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove. -- Mourning warbler (Zoöl.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The mal…

Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. Deut. xxviii. 38.

he plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn.

A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla.

ness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.

An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison.

Obdurate; hard. [Obs.] This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured. Milton.

Hardness of heart; obduracy. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

To exceed in building, or in durability of building.

To exceed in duration; to survive; to endure longer than. Milton.

Inflammation of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain.

A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.

; beyond the reach or influence of. "Who being past feeling." Eph. iv. 19. "Galled past endurance." Macaulay. Until we be past thy borders. Num. xxi. 22. Love, when once past government, is consequently past shame. L'Estrange.

Sufferable; tolerable; endurable. [Obs.] Bailey.