viscidity
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By mixing vaseline with paraffin a soft wax may be made of any desired degree of softness, and by dissolving vaseline in kerosene an insulating liquid of any degree of viscidity may be obtained.
From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard
These seeds are recommended as a carminative, in flatulent colics proceeding from a cold cause or a viscidity of the juices.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
According to De Candolle, this may depend upon the greater or less amount of water they contain, upon the greater or less viscidity of their fluids, or the rapidity with which these fluids circulate.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
As to viscidity, two very viscid species, when young, are among the highly prized esculents by those who know them, viz.,
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
They are attenuating and deobstruent, consequently of service in disorders arising from a languid circulation, a viscidity of the juices, a lax fibre, and obstructed viscera.
From Travels through France and Italy by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
