Defn: Consumption; phthisis. See Phthisis.
TISICKY
Tis"ick*y, a.
Defn: Consumptive, phthisical.
TISRI
Tis"ri, n. Etym: [Heb. tishri, fr. Chald. shera' to open, to begin.]
Defn: The seventh month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September with a part of October.
TISSUE Tis"sue, n. Etym: [F. tissu, fr. tissu, p.p. of tisser, tistre, to weave, fr. L. texere. See Text.]
1. A woven fabric.
2. A fine transparent silk stuff, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures. A robe of tissue, stiff with golden wire. Dryden. In their glittering tissues bear emblazed Holy memorials. Milton.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: 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.