indurated
adjective
[ ˈɪndjʊreɪtɪd ]
• hardened.
• "a bed of indurated clay"
Origin:
late 17th century: from indurate + -ed2.
indurate
verb
• harden.
• "these sedimentary deposits, under the weight of the upper beds, would quickly indurate"
Origin:
mid 16th century (earlier Middle English) as induration : from Latin indurat- ‘made hard’, from the verb indurare (based on durus ‘hard’).
