Difference between revisions of "Durmed adranse in durance vaal"

Latest revision as of 12:55, 8 July 2012

durance vile: a long prison sentence. Robert Burns, "Esopus to Maria": "“In durance vile here must I wake and weep, /And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.”

durance: a stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments

Dreamed a trance in durance veil (though a veil would hardly be an appropriate use for durance cloth)

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-* the River Durme in Belgium
+* '''Durme:''' river in Belgium
-* the River Adra in Spain
+* '''Adra:''' river in Spain
-* the River Adranos in Turkey
+* '''Adranos:''' river in Turkey
-* the River Dranse in Switzerland
+* '''Dranse:''' Swiss name for the Durance
-* the River Durance in France
+* '''Durance:''' river in France
-* the River Vaal in Africa
+* '''durance vile:'''  a long prison sentence. Robert Burns, "Esopus to Maria": "“In durance vile here must I wake and weep, /And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.”
-* "Dreamed a trance in durance veil."
+* '''durance:''' a stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments
+* '''Vaal:''' river in South Africa
+* '''vale:''' valley
+* '''Dreamed a trance in durance veil''' (though a veil would hardly be an appropriate use for durance cloth)
 [[Category: Rivers]]