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.
DURANCY
Dur"an*cy, n.
Defn: Duration. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
DURANT
Dur"ant, n. Etym: [F. durant, p. pr. of durer to last. Cf. Durance.]
Defn: See Durance, 3.
DURANTE Du*ran"te, prep. Etym: [L., abl. case of the p. pr. of durare to last.] (Law)
Defn: During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.