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Webster 1913 Edition
Induration
Inˊdu-ra′tion
,Noun.
[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; lack of pliancy or feeling.
A certain
induration
of character had arisen from long habits of business. Coleridge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Induration
INDURA'TION
,Noun.
1.
Hardness of heart; obduracy.