tissue

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

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

   tissue textiles

2. 2
   noun

   Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.

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

4. 4
   noun

   A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.

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

5. 5
   noun

   Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.

   a tissue of forgeries, or of lies

6. 6
   noun

   The scratch sheet or racing form.

   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.

7. 7
   verb

   To form tissue of; to interweave.

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

8. 8
   noun

   part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function

Etymology

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