单词 | indurated |
释义 | induratedadj. 1. Of substances: Made hard, hardened (esp. Geology of clay, marl, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [adjective] > indurated indurated1677 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 141 The outward crust of these is somtimes only an indurated chalk. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. xlviii. 209 They so often degenerate into those indurated and hard Excrescences. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxix. 457 These have..one seed within the indurated calyx. 1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 299 Two beds of indurated clay. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. iii. 35 Solid deposits of indurated sandstone. 2. Of the heart, feelings, etc.: Rendered callous or stubborn. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > callous or hard-hearted hard hearteOE steelena1000 hardOE hard-heartedc1225 stony?c1230 yhert1340 dure1412 hardedc1425 induratec1425 stonishc1450 hardenedc1480 steely1508 flinty1536 endured1540 stiff-stomached1540 heartless1556 indured1558 flint-hearted1560 iron1561 marble1565 stone-hearted?1569 stony-hearted1569 iron-hearted1570 steel-hearted1571 rocky?1578 brawned1582 flinted1582 padded1583 obdure?1590 brawny1596 flintful1596 flint-heart1596 steeled1600 cauterized1603 indurated1604 flinty-hearted1629 ahenean1630 dedolent1633 brawny-hearteda1639 hard-grained1643 callous1647 upsitten1682 seared1684 petrified1720 calloused1746 coreless1813 pebble-hearted1816 hard-shelled1848 hard-plucked1857 steel trap1921 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > obdurate hardOE induratec1425 hardenedc1480 obdureda1500 indured1558 obdurate1590 obfirmed1597 indurated1604 obduratious1672 case-hardened1836 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) 349 A hard indurated heart may resist the sweete calling of God. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 12 Love's and friendship's finely pointed dart Fall blunted from each indurated heart. 1811 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 635 Indurated stoic as I am. 1866 Sat. Rev. 21 Apr. 466/1 It is by hitting on some fresh power within us, that habits, however indurated, are now and then broken or dissolved. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1604 |
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