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Hardiness

noun
1.
The property of being strong and healthy in constitution.  Synonyms: lustiness, robustness, validity.
2.
The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger.  Synonyms: boldness, daring, hardihood.  "The plan required great hardiness of heart"






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"Hardiness" Quotes from Famous Books



... of this permission to rebel, and it has given Me an internal hardiness in all similar assaults, that has at least relieved my mind from the terror of giving mortal offence where most I owe implicit obedience, should provocation overpower my capacity of ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madam D'Arblay Volume 2 • Madame D'Arblay

... and knees we crawled to the brink, and lying at full length, and shading our faces with paper, looked down at the fiery breakers as they dashed against the side of the basin beneath. The excessive heat, and the fact that the spray was frequently dashed over the edge, put a stop to this fool-hardiness; but at a more rational distance we stood gazing, with our feelings of wonder and awe so intensely excited, that we paid no regard to the entreaties of our guide to quit the spot. He at last persuaded us of the necessity ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. • Various

... southwardly along the coast, the hardiness of his dogs was strongly put to the test. An insufficient supply of provisions had been laid in, and some time before they reached Igiga, the first town where a fresh stock could be obtained, they were reduced to an allowance ...
— The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 • Various

... But all people who want orchards do not possess such a slope, so they set out their orchards on the most convenient location. A few growers have orchards sloping in all directions, and their opinion on the influence of slope on hardiness and retardation of the blooming period should be valuable. It is of interest to note that, out of 108 reporting on the levelness of the orchard ground, only twelve had level ground, two level to ...
— Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 • Various

... tin he has tried it. We found the horses useful for dragging trunks, and but for them should have made a poor job of it. Grey's white hands were all cut and blistered, and, though I boasted of my hardiness, mine were little better. Ringan was the surprise, for you would not think that sailing a ship was a good apprenticeship to forestry. But he was as skilful as Bertrand and as strong as Donaldson, and he had a better idea of fortification than us ...
— Salute to Adventurers • John Buchan


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