durance
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns/ / /ˈdjʊəɹəns/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Durance.
- A left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
noun
Etymology: From Old French durance, from durer (“to last”).
- Imprisonment; forced confinement.
“What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!”
“the parson concurred, saying, the Lord forbid he should be instrumental in committing an innocent person to durance.”
- Duration.
- Endurance, durability.
“Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?”
“O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall / Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap / May who ne’er hung there. Nor does long our small / Durance deal with that steep or deep.”