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Webster 1913 Edition
Tunic
Tu′nic
(tū′nĭk)
, Noun.
[L.
tunica
: cf. F. tunique
.] 1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.
2.
Any similar garment worn by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.
4.
(Anat.)
A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.
5.
(Bot.)
A natural covering; an integument;
as, the
. tunic
of a seedWebster 1828 Edition
Tunic
TU'NIC
,Noun.
1.
A kind of waistcoat or under garment worn by men in ancient Rome and the east. In the later ages of the republic, the tunic was a long garment with sleeves.2.
Among the religious, a woolen shirt or under garment.3.
In anatomy, a membrane that covers or composes some part or organ; as the tunics or coats of the eye; the tunics of the stomach, or the membranous and muscular layers which compose it.4.
A natural covering; an integument; as the tunic of a seed.The tunic of the seed, is the arillus, a covering attached to the base only of the seed, near the hilum or scar, and enveloping the rest of the seed more or less completely and closely.