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Definition of Tabby
1. Noun. A cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black.
2. Adjective. Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats.
3. Noun. Female cat.
Definition of Tabby
1. n. 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. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
3. v. t. To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
Definition of Tabby
1. to give a wavy appearance to [v -BIED, -BYING, -BIES]
Medical Definition of Tabby
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Origin: F. Tabis (cf. It. Tabi, Sp. & Pg. Tabi, LL. Attabi), fr. Ar. 'attabi, 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.
3. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
4. An old maid or gossip.
1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as a tabby waistcoar.
2. Brindled; diversified in colour; as, a tabby cat.
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