tissued

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The sea, especially in its shallower portions near land and over its surface, contains alg�, mostly, we presume, of small size, in fact microscopic, and soft tissued.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)

Winged momentarily on bits of tissued flame, threaded with blood, the bats had flickered a secret to her.

From The Trespasser by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Was it only a glamour, tissued of myth and of legend, that lay on the face of the waters, dazzling her eyes?

From The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

What idea is conveyed to your mind by the expressions, "orb'd in a rainbow," "like glories wearing," "thron'd in celestiall sheen," "the tissued clouds down stearing," etc.?

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

The thoughts we think may be lasting, too, Though not inscribed on the azure blue; On the tissued walls of the soul's great dome, May be found those thoughts ne'er more to roam.

From Gleams of Sunshine Optimistic Poems by Chant, Joseph Horatio