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tabbies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tabby \Tab"by\, n.; pl {Tabbies}. [F. tabis (cf. It tab[`i], Sp & Pg tab['i], LL attabi), fr Ar 'att[=a]b[=i], properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made the quarter being named from the prince Attab, great grandson of Omeyya Cf {Tobine}.] 1. A kind of waved silk, usually called {watered silk}, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. 2. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock. --Weale. 3. A brindled cat; hence popularly, any cat. 4. An old maid or gossip. [Colloq.] --Byron.
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