consistence

• But in cases where the stone is known to be very large and of firm consistence, the risks are probably less from this method than from lateral lithotomy, followed by efforts to crush the stone through the wound prior to its removal The late Mr. George Bell, a most successful lithotomist, proposed to perform this operation in two stages. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• Or it may with great probability be supposed that 'tis a very hard and painful thing for them to force their thin and tenuious bodies into a visible consistence, and such shapes as are necessary for their designs in their correspondence with witches. —  The Superstitions of Witchcraft
• It may be gently boiled to a thick consistence, and will then keep throughout the year without losing its virtues. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
• Along the greater part of its course this membrane has already assumed a half-crustaceous consistence, and is just the preparatory process to the old shell being thrown off by the animal. —  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852
• When the consistence is such as not to admit the insinuation of the fibres the root extends itself along the outside, and to an extraordinary length, bearing not unfrequently to the stem the proportion of eight to one when young. —  The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants

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