Sentence:  The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the <WSD>indurated</WSD> hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket ... all this strangely indicated a lineage in direct contradiction to his lot. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To harden or to grow hard.