consistence

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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

To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

This ought at least to shake the implicit faith, that so many persons put in works which possess neither the consistence nor harmony required in ordinary writers.

From Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul by Annet, Peter

The contents of this part of the intestinal tract, which is rarely much distended by flatus, do not differ materially in appearance or consistence from the matter which generally composes the typhoid stool.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various