human
To draw Dun out of the mire (R. and J. i. 4). Gifford, who says he had often played at this game, thus describes it:--
gpt
A log of wood is brought into the midst of the room; this is _Dun_ (the cart-horse), and a cry is raised that he is stuck in the mire. Two of the company advance, either with or without ropes, to draw him out. After repeated efforts they find themselves unable to do it, and call for more assistance. The game continues till all the company take part in it, when _Dun_ is extricated of course; and the merriment arises from the awkward and affected efforts of the rustics to lift the log, and sundry arch contrivances to let the ends of it fall on one another's toes.
human
The cat is gray
gpt
Robe of durance (1 H. IV. i. 2).
human
The jerkin-man is come, but your _robe of durance_ is yet not finished (Letter of Thomas Winter, of the Gunpowder Plot, in Notes and Queries, 3 S. i. 342).
gpt
Let me live, but I will give thee a good _suit of durance_ (Westward Ho!).
human
I refuse to wear _buff_ for the lasting, and shall be content to apparel my brain in _durance_
gpt
At each