1. dure - Adjective
2. dure - Verb
Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome.
To last; to continue; to endure.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMignot, pp. 451–54 Among the budding collection's most prized works were pietre dure vases and bronzes. Source: Internet
Peine forte et dure main was abolished in the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1772, with the last known actual use of the practice having been in 1741. Source: Internet