durain

American  

[door-eyn, dyoor-] / ˈdʊər eɪn, ˈdyʊər- /

noun

Mineralogy.

1. the coal forming the dull layers in banded bituminous coal.

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Etymology

Origin of durain

1915–20; < Latin dūr ( us ) hard + -ain, from fusain, by analysis as a suffix

Example Sentences

Laurent Durain, a fishmonger at the Marché d’Aligre, one of Paris’s oldest and most vibrant food markets, was worried that the salmon he had ordered from Scotland for the Christmas rush wouldn’t make it.

From New York Times

Mr. Durain had ordered 1,200 oysters, and hired six additional helpers to shell them during the holidays.

From New York Times