4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tabby  \Tab"by\,  a. 
  1.  Having  a  wavy  or  watered  appearance;  as  a  tabby 
  waistcoat.  --Pepys. 
 
  2.  Brindled;  diversified  in  color;  as  a  tabby  cat. 
 
  {Tabby  moth}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  grease  moth.  See  under  {Grease}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tabby  \Tab"by\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tabbied};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tabbying}.] 
  To  water;  to  cause  to  look  wavy,  by  the  process  of 
  calendering;  to  calender;  as  to  tabby  silk,  mohair,  ribbon, 
  etc 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tabby 
  adj  :  having  a  gray  or  brown  streak  or  a  pattern  or  a  patchy 
  coloring;  used  especially  of  the  patterned  fur  of  cats 
  [syn:  {brindled},  {brindle},  {brinded}] 
  n  1:  a  cat  with  a  gray  or  tawny  coat  mottled  with  black  [syn:  {tabby 
  cat}] 
  2:  female  cat  [syn:  {queen}] 

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