01 n. Capability of endurance.
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Capability of endurance.
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Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance.“Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever Of hardiness is mother.” — Shak.“They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king.” — Clarendon.
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Hardship; fatigue.[Obs.]