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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…

n; 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 durable. De Quincey.

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.

uance 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.

See Cundurango.

The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer. [Written also condurango.]

Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n.

In an endurable manner.

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance. Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession. Sir W. Scott.

Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc. The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood.