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Viscid; viscous; tenacious.

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  1. a. Viscid; viscous; tenacious.
  2. Viscid; viscous; tenacious. Spawn of a lentous and transparent body. Sir T. Browne. L'ENVOI; envoy">L'ENVOY L'en`voi", or; L'en`voy" (, n. Etym: [F. le the + envei a sending. See Envoy.] 1. One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry. Shak. 2. A conclusion; a result. Massinger.
  3. Viscid; viscous; tenacious.Spawn of a lentous and transparent body. Sir T. Browne.
  4. a. Viscid; viscous; tenacious.