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ˈviscousness Now rare or Obs.
[f. prec.]
The quality of being viscous; viscosity.
1594Plat Jewell-ho., Soyle 28 It is an erronious opinion to thinke that Marle..is to be knowne from other moulds by the fattiness, or viscousness thereof. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 238 The thicknesse and viscousnesse of Sulphur. 1674Grew Anat. Pl., Disc. Mixture v. vi. §3 The very Cause of the said Viscousness of Phlegm, is chiefly some great Acidity in the Blood. 1706Stevens Span. Dict. i, Viscosidad, Viscousness, Clamminess. 1757T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. IV. 256 Dr. Lister..added, that holly might turn [into stone] suddenly by reason of its viscousness and tenacity. |