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Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.

Short form for Dura mater.

and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.

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…

Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness. Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. Prov. viii. 18. An interest which from its object and grounds must be so dur…

Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability. The durableness of the metal that supports it. Addison.

In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

The heartwood of an exogenous tree.

Continuance; duration. See Endurance. [Archaic] Of how short durance was this new-made state! Dryden.

Duration. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

See Durance, 3.

During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

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.

Continuing; not completed; implying duration. Its durative tense, which expresses the thought of it as going on. J. Byrne.

An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India. [India] [Written also darbar.]

Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. [R.] The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. W. H. Russell.

Lasting. [Obs.] Spenser.

Not lasting. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor.