Thesaurus: durance

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1. n. Continuance; duration. See Endurance.
2. n. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
3. n. A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.
4. n. In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.
5. n. imprisonment (especially for a long time)
6. 1. Continuance; duration. See Endurance. [Archaic] Of how short durance was this new-made state! Dryden. 2. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak. "Durance vile." Burns. In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint. Pope. 3. (a) A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting. Where didst thou buy this buff let me not live but I will give thee a good suit of durance. J. Webster. (b) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.
7. n. imprisonment (especially for a long time)