indurate

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When lean years came, young Wallace studiously and scientifically applied himself to the task of inducing the indurate soil to yield him his livelihood.

From Time Magazine Archive

When indurate Premier Poincare came into office, international conferences went out of fashion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes human beings do things that are too much for even the most indurate newsgatherers of the daily press to contemplate without shuddering.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even where there is no plastering, the tattooing may be found to indurate the skin, and to render it less sensible to cold.

From John Rutherford, the White Chief by Craik, George Lillie

When his friends asked him, after this first interview, what he thought of the Queen, he gave her credit for "a proud mind, a crafty wit, and an indurate heart."

From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by Reid, George