DUREFUL
Dure"ful, a.
Defn: Lasting. [Obs.] Spenser.
DURELESS
Dure"less, a.
Defn: Not lasting. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
DURENE Du"rene, n. Etym: [L. durus hard; — so called because solid at ordinary temperatures.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor.
DURESS Du"ress, n. Etym: [OF. duresse, du, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure.]
1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. Burke.
2. (Law)
Defn: The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense.