INDURATED
In"du*ra`ted, a.
Defn: Hardened; as, indurated clay; an indurated heart. Goldsmith.
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.
INDUSIAL
In*du"sial, a. Etym: [See Indusium.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvæ of certain insects. Indusial limestone (Geol.), a fresh-water limestone, largely composed of the agglomerated cases of caddice worms, or larvæ of caddice flies (Phryganea). It is found in Miocene strata of Auvergne, France, and some other localities.
INDUSIATE; INDUSIATED
In*du"si*ate, In*du"si*a`ted, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Furnished with an indusium.