consisted

-- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks. n

consisted of short advances and retreats

A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiae, a group of unicellular algae in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.

n an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab

the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added