tissue

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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.”

   “The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.”

2. (countable, uncountable)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; [...]”

   “In their glittering tissues bear emblazed / Holy memorials.”

   “Corinius went on the right, wearing a rich cloak of sky-blue tissue over his shining armour.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
4. (countable, uncountable)Absorbent paper as material.
5. (countable, uncountable)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.”

6. (countable, uncountable)Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.

   “a tissue of forgeries, or of lies”

   “unwilling to leave the dry bones of Agnosticism wholly unclothed with any living tissue of religious emotion”

7. (countable, slang, uncountable)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.”

verb

1. To form tissue of; to interweave.

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