Duked vs Dured - What's the difference?
duked | dured |
(duke)
The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess ).
A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
A grand duke.
(slang, usually in plural) A fist.
To hit or beat with the fists.
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(dure)
(label) To last, continue, endure.
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*:she was one of the damoysels of the lake that hy?te Nyneue // And euer she maade Merlyn good chere tyl she had lerned of hym al maner thynge that she desyred and he was assoted vpon her that he myghte not be from her / Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe but for al his craftes he shold be put in the erthe quyck
*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) XIII:
*:But he that was sowne in the stony grunde ys he, which heareth the worde of God, and anon with ioye receaveth itt, yet hath no rottes in himselfe, And therefore he dureth but a season.
(obsolete) hard; harsh; severe; rough
* W. H. Russell
As verbs the difference between duked and dured
is that duked is (duke) while dured is (dure).duked
English
Verb
(head)duke
English
(wikipedia duke)Noun
(en noun)- Put up your dukes !
- This is thought to be derived from where Duke(s) of York = Fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.
Hypernyms
* nobilityCoordinate terms
* prince, monarch, baron, count, countess, earl, marquess, marquis, viscountDerived terms
* archduke * duke it out * dukedom * grand duke * put up one's dukesVerb
(duk)Derived terms
* duke it out * duke it * duke out * duke up * duke in ----dured
English
Verb
(head)dure
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Verb
(dur)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (lena) .Adjective
(en adjective)- The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude.