Now rare or Obs. [f. prec.] The quality of being viscous; viscosity.
1594. Plat, 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.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 238. The thicknesse and viscousnesse of Sulphur.
1674. Grew, Anat. Pl., Disc. Mixture, V. vi. § 3. The very cause of the said Viscousness of Phlegm, is chiefly some great Acidity in the Blood.
1706. Stevens, Span. Dict., I. Viscosidad, Viscousness, Clamminess.
1757. T. Birch, Hist. Royal Soc., IV. 256. Dr. Lister … added, that holly might turn [into stone] suddenly by reason of its viscousness and tenacity.
