† spisciousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of a thick consistency.
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gluey1382
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gleiming1387
gummya1398
clammy1398
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viscosec1400
viscousc1400
emplastic?a1425
plastery?c1425
stiffc1430
clamc1440
engleimous?c1475
rawky1509
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limy1552
strong1560
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emplastical1590
viscuous1603
plasterish1610
slaba1616
bound1635
viscid1635
lentous1646
spiscious1655
melleous1656
salivarious1656
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syrupical1659
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gummous1669
gummose1678
mellaginous1681
melligineous1684
pargety1684
sticky1688
sizy1691
dauby1697
syrupy1707
treacly?1734
glaireous1755
flabbyc1780
spissid1782
stodgy1823
waxy1835
teery1848
treacle-like1871
viscoid1877
slauming1904
gooey1906
gloopy1929
gunky1937
gungy1962
yucky1975
1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion iii. 54 It could not properly be called a liquor, but rather a certain concreted Mist or spiscious Froath.
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