Definition of Tabby

1. Noun. A cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black.

Exact synonyms: Tabby Cat
Generic synonyms: Domestic Cat, Felis Catus, Felis Domesticus, House Cat

2. Adjective. Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats.
Exact synonyms: Brinded, Brindle, Brindled
Similar to: Patterned

3. Noun. Female cat.
Exact synonyms: Queen
Generic synonyms: Domestic Cat, Felis Catus, Felis Domesticus, House 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

1. 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. Tabby moth, the grease moth. See Grease. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tabby

tabasheer
tabashir
tabashirs
tabatiere anatomique
tabbed
tabbied
tabbies
tabbinet
tabbinets
tabbing
tabbis
tabbises
tabbouleh
tabboulehs
tabby (current term)
tabby (current term)
tabbying
tabby cat
tabby cat striation
tabefaction
tabefied
tabefies
tabefy
tabefying
tabella
tabellion
taber
taberd
taberdar
taberdars

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