Слово "indurate". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Примеры использования

1. Hetty's simple betrayal of her weakness in behalf of March gave him uneasiness on a subject concerning which he had never felt before, and he determined to come to an explanation at once with his visitor; for directness of speech and decision in conduct were two of the best qualities of this rude being, in whom the seeds of a better education seemed to be constantly struggling upwards, to be choked by the fruits of a life in which his hard struggles for subsistence and security had steeled his feelings and indurated his nature.
   Простодушное признание Хетти в своей склонности к Марчу встревожило его, и он решил немедленно объясниться со своим гостем. Прямота и решительность были лучшими свойствами этой грубой натуры, в котором семена, заброшенные образованием, видимо, постоянно сталкивались с плодами жизни, исполненной суровой борьбы.
   Зверобой. Джеймс Фенимор Купер, стр. 90