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INDURATIONS
Noun
indurations
plural of induration
Source: Wiktionary
INDURATION
In`du*ra"tion, n. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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