Durns

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of durn form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Alternative form of dern (“a doorpost”). alt-of, alternative

    "[…] where the altar stood, with a moorstone door or durns on the south for entrance, and another door leading to the west, through which you are brought out into a little garden plot […]"

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dangdang

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"[…] where the altar stood, with a moorstone door or durns on the south for entrance, and another door leading to the west, through which you are brought out into a little garden plot […]"

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