1764: A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, volume 3, page 2,035, “mastichâ€:We meet with a kind of cæment Å¿ometimes kept in the Å¿hops under the name of maÅ¿tich.
1640–1653: Robin Jeffs ed., Fast Sermons to Parliament: V. 1–34. 1640/41–1650/53, volume 21, page 175 (1971 publication; Cornmarket Press; ISBN 0719130204, 9780719130205):Religion is (rerum-publicarum quoddam quaſi coagulum) that which cæments Common-wealths together.
