consistence
- a variation of consistency.
Example Sentences
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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
Below this cuticle is the rete mucosum, a soft structure; its fibres having scarcely more consistence than mucilage, and being with great difficulty separated from the skin beneath.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
Add boiling water sufficient to make it of the consistence of thin gruel.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Another kind of plate glass, called "patent rolled plate," is made by ladling out from a pot molten glass in the proper state of consistence.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
