a. [ L. spissus. ] Thick; crowded; compact; dense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This spiss and . . . copious, yet concise, treatise. Brerewood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The spissated juice of the poppy. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. spissitudo. ] The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]