tissue

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: tissue paperweave

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function
  2. a soft thin (usually translucent) paperSynonyms: tissue paper

Verb (1)

  1. create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton“tissue textiles”Synonyms: weave
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tissue \Tis"sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tissued; p. pr. & vb. n. Tissuing.] To form tissue of; to interweave. [1913 Webster]

Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon blue. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Tissue \Tis"sue\, n. [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text.]

1.A woven fabric. [1913 Webster]

2.A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. [1913 Webster]

A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
In their glittering tissues bear emblazed Holy memorials.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.(Biol.) One of the elementary materials or fibres, having a uniform structure and a specialized function, of which ordinary animals and plants are composed; a texture; as, epithelial tissue; connective tissue. [1913 Webster]

Note: The term tissue is also often applied in a wider sense to all the materials or elementary tissues, differing in structure and function, which go to make up an organ; as, vascular tissue, tegumentary tissue, etc. [1913 Webster]

4.Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood. [1913 Webster]

Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion.— A. J. Balfour.[1913 Webster]

Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles, etc. [1913 Webster]

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