Available Definitions:
1) n. - Continuance; duration. See Endurance .
2) n. - Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
3) n. - A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.
4) n. - In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.