Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TEXT'URE, n. [L. textura, textus, from texo, to weave.]

1. The act of weaving.
2. A web; that which is woven. Others, far on the grassy dale, / Their humble texture weave. Thomson.
3. The disposition or connection of threads, filaments or other slender bodies interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.
4. The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other; or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; as, the texture of earthy substances or fossils; the texture of a plant; the texture of paper, of a hat or skin; a loose texture; or a close compact texture.
5. In anatomy. [See Tissue.]