Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dura"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Dura
the circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set
up a golden image, mentioned in Dan. 3:1. The place still
retains its ancient name. On one of its many mounds the pedestal
of what must have been a colossal statue has been found. It has
been supposed to be that of the golden image.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dura \Du"ra\, n.
Short form for {Dura mater}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dura
n : the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges [syn: {dura
mater}]
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