duress

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Undaunted be th' stairs iv th' building or th' rude jeers iv th' multichood, they advanced to th' very outside dures iv th' idifice.

From Mr. Dooley Says by Dunne, Finley Peter

Seuen months the Winter dures, the glare it is so great, As it is May before he turne his ground to sow his wheate.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 by Hakluyt, Richard

"Phwat's th' matther wid out dures, Oi dunno?"

From Frank Merriwell Down South by Standish, Burt L.

Till patience, past enduring, dures no more; Heard, above jackal's yell, the lion's roar.

From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Whitney, Orson F.

On some men's dures it hammers till it breaks down the dure and goes in an' wakes him up if he's asleep, an' aftherward it works fur him as a night watchman.

From If You Don't Write Fiction by Cushing, Charles Phelps