Although factice is, strictly speaking, not a plasticizer, being added to mixes for a whole range of reasons including the improvement of dimensional stability and rigidity of unsupported articles in hot air cures, the improvement of surface finish and electrical insulation, it does nevertheless act as a softener, improving filler dispersion and decreasing the energy requirements of mixing.

The cottage hind / Hangs o'er th'enlivening blaze, and taleful there / Recounts his simple frolic.

In the resulting commotion dogs barked and the milko's horse shied, leaving broken bottles and spilt milk all over Hayes St.

On several occasions after the capture of a new study animal, the weathered, stetsoned Texan would announce some facet of the panther’s life that would take radiotelemetry a year to uncover.