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induration|ɪndjʊˈreɪʃən|
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[a. F. induration (14th c.), or ad. med.L. indūrātiōn-em, n. of action f. indūrāre to indurate.]
1. The action of hardening; the process of being hardened or becoming hard; also, hardened condition. Now chiefly in Geol. and Path.
c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. 302 Of bodies mollificacion And also of hire induracion. 1471Ripley Comp. Alch. vi. i. in Ashm. (1652) 161 It ys of soft thyngs Induracyon. 1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xiv. i. (1886) 294 Mysticall termes of art; as (for a tast)..mollifications and indurations of bodies. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. i. 50 Wee usually ascribe their induration to cold. 1783Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 198 The induration, enlargement, or other morbid affection of such parts. 1855Cornwall 81 The elvans have mostly a common mineral character, though of very variable degrees of induration.
attrib.1898J. Hutchinson Archives Surg. IX. 113 A new induration form of large size and exactly like a primary Hunterian sore.
b. A hardened formation or mass.
1809Med. Jrnl. XXI. 281, I have found on opening these subjects, remarkable indurations in the brain.
c. Hardened condition of body; ability to endure hardships.
1827J. F. Cooper Prairie I. i. 23 His whole figure had attained an appearance of induration.
2. A hardening of character or feeling; obstinacy, stubbornness; callousness, want of feeling.
1493Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 128 b, Askynge Ihesu forgyuenes of her enduracyon & obstynacy. 1550Bale Image Both Ch. D iij b, In her place shall stande up the sinagoge of Sathan, with blyndnesse and induracion. 1651C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. i. 230 He saves the elect by mercy, and damnes the Reprobate by induration. a1732Atterbury Matt. xxvii. 25 (Seager) The hand of God is in it, and some degree of a judicial induration. 1873Mem. T. Finlayson 181 To what a degree of induration and searedness must you have brought yourself.
†b. A hardening influence. Obs.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. (1882) 114 A hinderaunce to manie in comming to the Gospel, and an induration to the papists, hardning their hearts. |