consistence
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Thicken with sugar until the mixture attains the consistence of a light batter.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2022
Boiling water sufficient to make it of the consistence of thin gruel.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
I exclaimed as I jumped up from my chair, for my wife's words gave color and consistence to a dim and faint suspicion which had crossed my mind.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
Let these come to a boiling heat, stirring well at the same time, then pour in the meal, and beat to a stiff consistence.
From Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book Being a Practical Treatise on the Culinary Art Adapted to the Tastes and Wants of all Classes by H. J. Clayton
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 Sir John Lubbock
