1650 J. French tr. Paracelsus Of Nature of Things 13 in tr. M. Sędziwóg New Light of Alchymie Any stone put in the Water, doth suddenly contract a mucilaginousnesse to itself.
1651 J. FrenchArt Distillationv. 112 It attracts to it selfe the mucilaginousnesse of the water.