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Tissue

//ˈtɪs.juː// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric. countable, uncountable

    "Madame Legarde, the "glass of fashion and the nurse of form," (alias the most fashionable of milliners,) has comfortably assured me, "that my figure has great merit, and only requires cultivation:" this is to be done by tissues, brocades, and laces, which are now scattered round me in charming confusion."

  2. 2
    part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function wordnet
  3. 3
    A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. countable, uncountable

    "A Robe of Tiſſue, ſtiff with golden Wire; / An upper Veſt, once Hellen’s rich Attire; [...]"

  4. 4
    a soft thin (usually translucent) paper wordnet
  5. 5
    A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Absorbent paper as material. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job. countable, uncountable

    "What they lack is outermost brain tissue that, at least in humans, prompts awareness and interpretation."

  3. 8
    Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series. countable, uncountable

    "a tissue of forgeries, or of lies"

  4. 9
    The scratch sheet or racing form. countable, slang, uncountable

    "Pricing the first show is a matter of the bookmaker's individual judgment, relying upon advice from all quarters, particularly the tissue; but very soon in the betting exchanges it becomes clear that the sole criterion for the fixing of a horse's price is demand."

Verb
  1. 1
    To form tissue of; to interweave.

    "The Chariot was couered with Cloth of Gold tiſſued vpon blew."

  2. 2
    create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).

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