| Tissue (tissue) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tis"sue |
| [F. tissu, fr.
tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L.
texere. See Text.] |
A woven
fabric.
A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils,
etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or
embossed with figures.
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.
Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication;
connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of
falsehood.
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| Tissue (tissue) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Tis"sue |
|
To form tissue of] to interweave.
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