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- Consistency - n. - The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
- Consistency - n. - A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.
- Consistency - n. - That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
- Consistency - n. - Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
- Consistency - n. - Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.
- Glacial - a. - Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; -- said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids.
- Mass - n. - A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
- Wax - n. - Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
- Plaster - n. - An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.
- Papyraceous - a. - Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.
- Quiddany - n. - A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade.
- Imitation - n. - One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
- Consistency - n. - Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.
- Mayonnaise - n. - A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.
- Jelly - v. i. - To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.
- Lardy - a. - Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.
- Dough - n. - Anything of the consistency of such paste.
- Break - v. t. - To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.
- Stirabout - n. - A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
- Temper - v. t. - To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.