Noun, : The liquid has the consistency of cream. ,There is consistency in his pattern of behavior. ,consistency of colors throughout the house. From Dictionary.com.
The sap, by this process, is converted into a liquid of greater consistence, which is fit to be assimilated to its several parts. From Wordnik.com. [Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments] Reference
= Alterations of consistence = often accompany changes in size. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The sowans are boiled into the consistence of molasses, when the. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
In a day or two, it is of the consistence to be worked up into a mass. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Set it on the fire, and let it boil till of a thick glutinous consistence. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
When the whole is properly mixed together it will have the consistence of paste. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
This pulp is the edible portion and has an indescribable flavour and consistence. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
Ostrum was a liquid color, to which the proper consistence was given by adding honey. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
It is made simply by mixing flour of emery and sweet oil, to the consistence of paste. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
A dark-green substance of variable consistence, contained in the bowels of infants at birth. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks on the Subject of Lactation] Reference
It has very little fibre; so that, when boiled, it almost acquires the consistence of a jelly. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
It has a consistence like vaseline, and its emulsion with water is easily washed off the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
This process goes on, the surrounding substance becoming thicker and of still firmer consistence. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
This, though M. M.rimée confesses it does not resemble it in consistence, he still will have to be copal. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
Mix the whole and stir it well till it has acquired the consistence of soap, and use it as such for the hands. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
Homoptera: an ordinal term applied to those Hemiptera in which the primaries are of the same consistence throughout. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
It was next quenched in their kettle, wherein they had boiled a quantity of flour down to the consistence of thin starch. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
In connection with increased size an alteration of consistence is so frequent that the two phenomena are here taken together. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
The interior of the plant is very soft and gelatinous, while the outer part forms a sort of tough rind of much firmer consistence. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
As the water is thoroughly intermixed throughout the mass the thick paste gradually becomes reduced to a smooth, thin consistence. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference
To make it work freely, it is mixed, before being used, with a little oil of turpentine, till it is brought to a proper consistence. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Hence, its consistence being naturally stiff, it does not easily bend under the load, and keeps its straightness when used in the framework. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
On this account potato water is an excellent thing to wash them, if boiled down to a thick consistence, as it stiffens them without showing. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
When properly made the size preparation is a smooth mass of uniform consistence, free from lumps of any kind, and from all sediment and odor. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
North American tallows are, as a general rule, much paler in colour than those of South America, but do not compare with them in consistence. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference
I believe this might happen in cases where the mixture was used in a more fluid state than directed, namely, as a paste of a creamy consistence. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
It will be borne in mind that the changes of consistence from membranous to succulent or woody are very frequent in the ordinary course of development. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
In any event, the tumor will feel elastic when composed of intestines, but when formed of its connecting membranes, will naturally not vary in consistence. From Wordnik.com. [The Veterinarian] Reference
Strain the whole through a piece of open linen, taking care that the consistence of the mixture shall be such that, when cool, it may form a trembling jelly. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
On its first appearance the turpentine is of a sirupy consistence, and is quite transparent; gradually it becomes more opaque, and of a yellowish-white color. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881] Reference
The heat of his passion was such that the mountain softened into the consistence of wax and retained, some say eighteen; others, forty impressions of his feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
We partook of some thirty or forty different sorts; in which flowers, scents, fruits, and gums were mixed with sugar, until of the consistence of damson cheese. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833] Reference
That India teas not only increase but occasion such evils is evident, from their having been experienced to relax the tone and reduce the consistence of the solids. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves] Reference
Some specimens are excessively hard, so much so that they are difficult to crush, even in an iron mortar; while others have the consistence of the softest iron-ochres. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
If the negative is otherwise satisfactory, and only requires stripping, it must be upon a leveling stand, and fluid gelatine of a tolerable consistence is poured over it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882] Reference
The clay must be soaked as wanted in a bucket of water and beaten up with a stick or "bat" until it is smooth, free from lumps, and of the consistence of very stiff putty. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
A few of the leaves, immersed a short time in a tumbler of water, give it a jelly-like consistence, without imparting color or flavor; and in this form it is generally used. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
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