consistence

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Thicken with sugar until the mixture attains the consistence of a light batter.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

This moss, when boiled, turns to a gummy consistence, and is more clammy in the mouth than sago; it may, by adding either moss or water, be made to almost any consistence.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.

A sufficient quantity of boiling water to form it into the consistence of thin gruel; a junk bottle full to be given every two hours.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Knead this composition on a board, till it has the consistence of putty.

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Grume, grōōm, n. a thick consistence of fluid: a clot, as of blood.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various