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tabby |
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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