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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or property of being ropy, or of containing ropes; stringiness, or capability of being drawn out in a string or thread without breaking, as of glutinous substances; viscosity; adhesiveness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Quality of being ropy; viscosity.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the property of being cohesive and sticky

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