Tis"sue (?), n. [F. tissu, fr.
tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L.
texere. See Text.] 1. A woven
fabric.
2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils,
etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or
embossed with figures.
A robe of tissue, stiff with golden
wire.
Dryden.
In their glittering tissues bear emblazed
Holy memorials.
Milton.
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.
&fist; 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.
4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication;
connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of
falsehood.
Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly
unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion.
A. J. Balfour.
Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for
protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles,
etc.
Tis"sue, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tissued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tissuing.] To form tissue of; to interweave.
Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon
blue.
Bacon.
Tis"sue (?), n. [F. tissu, fr.
tissu, p. p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L.
texere. See Text.] 1. A woven
fabric.
2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils,
etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or
embossed with figures.
A robe of tissue, stiff with golden
wire.
Dryden.
In their glittering tissues bear emblazed
Holy memorials.
Milton.
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.
&fist; 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.
4. Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication;
connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of
falsehood.
Unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly
unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion.
A. J. Balfour.
Tissue paper, very thin, gauzelike paper, used for
protecting engravings in books, for wrapping up delicate articles,
etc.
Tis"sue, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tissued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tissuing.] To form tissue of; to interweave.
Covered with cloth of gold tissued upon
blue.
Bacon.
