indurate
verb (used with object)
to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc..
semi-indurated
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a word derived from
indurate.
Example Sentences
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It had a clay bottom, generally speaking, in many places semi-indurated and fast forming into sandstone, while there was chrystallized sulphate of lime running in veins through the soil which composed the bank.
From Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Complete by Charles Sturt
It had a clay bottom, generally speaking, in many places semi-indurated and fast forming into sandstone, while there was crystallized sulphate of lime running in veins through the soil which composed the bank.
From Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume I by Charles Sturt
