əns, ˈdyʊər- noun
1.
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile ).
2.
Archaic. endurance.
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| —n | |
| 1. | imprisonment |
| 2. | duration |
| [C15: from Old French, from durer to last, from Latin dūrāre] | |
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Durance
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| Durance (French dyrɑ̃s) | |
| —n | |
| a river in S France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhône. Length: 304 km (189 miles) | |
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