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.

Boiling water sufficient to make it of the consistence of thin gruel.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Therefore the consciousness of God is the revelation of the original innate longing of reason after complete unity as a principle of universal harmony and consistence in all our thinking and willing.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

There evidently was a time when these rocks, now so hard and solid, were mere agglomerations of plastic matter, comparable for consistence to ordinary clay.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.