| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class III. Words Relating to Matter | | Section II. Inorganic Matter | | 1. Solid Matter |
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| 327. Tenacity. |
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| NOUN: | TENACITY, toughness, strength; cohesiveness, cohesion [See Coherence]; sequacity, sequaciousness [both obs. in this sense]; stubbornness (obstinacy) [See Obstinacy]; gumminess, glutinousness, viscidity [See Semiliquidity].
[COMPARISONS] leather; white leather or whitleather, tawed leather; gristle, cartilage.
CLAW, talon, pincers, nippers, vise; bulldog.
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| VERB: | BE TENACIOUS &c. adj.; resist fracture.
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| ADJECTIVE: | TENACIOUS, cohesive, tough, strong, resisting, adhesive, stringy, viscid, gummy, glutinous, gristly, cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather; stubborn (obstinate) [See Obstinacy].
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