Bible Dictionaries
Tissue

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

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

(3):

(n.) Fig.: Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series; as, a tissue of forgeries, or of falsehood.

(4):

(v. t.) To form tissue of; to interweave.

(5):

(n.) A woven fabric.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tissue'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tissue.html. 1828.