English Dictionary: Induration | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Induration \In`du*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. induration, L. induratio hardness of heart.] 1. The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard. 2. State of being indurated, or of having become hard. 3. Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling. A certain induration of character had arisen from long habits of business. --Coleridge. |