Obs. [f. prec. + -NESS.] Clammish quality; viscidity, stickiness.

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1528.  Paynel, Salerne Regim., O ij b. Fyshe … of smal clammyshenes.

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1578.  Lyte, Dodoens, VI. xlviii. 722. This fruite bycause of his clammishnesse and slyme.

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