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<h1>Indurate</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In"du*rate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; <as>as, clay <ex>indurates</ex> by drying, and by heat</as>.</def>

<h1>Indurated</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In"du*ra`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hardened; <as>as, <ex>indurated</ex> clay; an <ex>indurated</ex> heart.</as></def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Induration</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In`du*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>induration</ets>, L. <ets>induratio</ets> hardness of heart.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of hardening, or the process of growing hard.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>State of being indurated, or of having become hard.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling.</def>

<blockquote>A certain <b>induration</b> of character had arisen from long habits of business. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Indusial</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In*du"sial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Indusium</er>.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larv\'91 of certain insects.</def>

<cs><col>Indusial limestone</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>a fresh-water limestone, largely composed of the agglomerated cases of caddice worms, or larv\'91 of caddice flies (<spn>Phryganea</spn>). It is found in Miocene strata of Auvergne, France, and some other localities.</cd></cs>

<h1>Indusiate, Indusiated</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw><hw>In*du"si*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*du"si*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Furnished with an indusium.</def>

<h1>Indusium</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In*du"si*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Indu<?/<?/<?/</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., an under garment, fr. <ets>induere</ets> to put on: cf. F. <ets>indusie</ets> the covering of the seed spots of ferns.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.</def>

<h1>Industrial</h1> <Xpage=755>

<hw>In*dus"tri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>industriel</ets>, LL. <ets>industrialis</ets>. See <er>Industry</er>.]</ety> <def>Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.</def>

<blockquote>The great ideas of <b>industrial</b> development and economic social amelioration. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

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<cs><col>Industrial exhibition</col>, <cd>a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries.</cd> -- <col>Industrial school</col>, <cd>a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry.</cd></cs>

<h1>Industrialism</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*dus"tri*al*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.</def>

<i>J. S. Mill.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor.</def>

<blockquote><b>Industrialism</b> must not confounded with industriousness. <i>H. Spencer.</i></blockquote>

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