viscidity
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The newborn worms, thanks to a slight viscidity, cling for a moment to the wire gauze; they swarm, wriggle, release themselves and leap into the chasm.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
It has frequently done great service in some kinds of scurvies and other chronic disorders proceeding from a viscidity of the juices, or obstructions of the excretory ducts.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
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 William Salisbury
It is a question, apparently, of removing a few atoms of dust or else some traces of viscidity that remain from the evil contact with the snail.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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 Thomas Taylor
