- (n.) Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries or of falsehood.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A woven fabric.
- (n.) A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads or embossed with figures.
- (v.t.) To form tissue of; to interweave.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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