- 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
When there is no diarrhoea the stools are of normal color and consistence.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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 J. B. Tyrrell
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
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 Peter Annet
