Noun
Freedom from thirst.
Usage- Obsolete
- Uncountable
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And vvhat is more admirable, than the Fitneſs of every Creature, for the Uſe vve make of him? […] the Inſitiency of a Camel, for travelling in the Deſerts of Africa and other Parts; […]
Though Charlie was not exactly addicted to excessive drinking, still insitiency was not a confirmed quality in his constitution.
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The procession, being duly marshalled, then slowly made its way to Hyde Park by the usual route, the pathways along which were otherwise deserted, and the shops closed save in the case of public-houses, which were so liberally patronised as to forbid the idea that Dr. Kenealy’s followers were in the main afflicted with insitiency.