Definition of spiss

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Spiry (a.) Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets..

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Inspissate :: Inspissate (a.) Thick or thickened; inspissated.
Rohob :: Rohob (n.) An inspissated juice. See Rob.
Consistency :: Consistency (n.) A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude..
Acacia :: Acacia (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic..
Spit :: Spissitude (n.) The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum..
Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste..
Inspissated :: Inspissated (imp. & p. p.) of Inspissat.
Paste :: Paste (n.) A soft confection made of the inspissated juice of fruit, licorice, or the like, with sugar, etc..
Conspissation :: Conspissation (n.) A making thick or viscous; thickness; inspissation.
Scammony :: Scammony (n.) An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff..
Incrassation :: Incrassation (n.) The state of being incrassated or made thick; inspissation.
Hypocist :: Hypocist (n.) An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub..
Aloe :: Aloe (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative..
Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint..
Inspissation :: Inspissation (n.) The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened..
Guttatrap :: Guttatrap (n.) The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality..
Asafoetida :: Asafoetida (n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
Opium :: Opium (n.) The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy..
Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Made thick or thicker; thickened; inspissated.
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