Consistence \Con*sist"ence\, Consistency \Con*sist"en*cy\, n. [Cf. F. consistance.]

1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. --Bacon.

We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. --Jer. Taylor.

The same form, substance, and consistency. --T. Burnet.

2. A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.

Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup. --Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)