- a variation of consistency.
consistence
Example Sentences
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Thicken with sugar until the mixture attains the consistence of a light batter.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2022
In the former the larva is generally worm-like, of a soft and fleshy consistence, and furnished with a mouth, and often with six short legs attached in pairs to the three segments succeeding the head.
From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Lubbock, John, Sir
The stools are often of a pappy consistence, and passed involuntarily in bed.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Boiling water sufficient to make it of the consistence of thin gruel.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
The plashes of rain are distinctly visible upon many rocks now hard, and which have only acquired their consistence with the lapse of countless ages.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
