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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section II. Inorganic Matter
1. Solid Matter

327. Tenacity.

   NOUN:TENACITY, toughness, strength; cohesiveness, cohesion [See Coherence]; sequacity, sequaciousness [both obs. in this sense]; stubbornness (obstinacy) [See Obstinacy]; gumminess, glutinousness, viscidity [See Semiliquidity].
  [COMPARISONS] leather; white leather or whitleather, tawed leather; gristle, cartilage.
  CLAW, talon, pincers, nippers, vise; bulldog.
   VERB:BE TENACIOUS &c. adj.; resist fracture.
   ADJECTIVE:TENACIOUS, cohesive, tough, strong, resisting, adhesive, stringy, viscid, gummy, glutinous, gristly, cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather; stubborn (obstinate) [See Obstinacy].