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tabby
(encz) | tabby,drbna n: Nijel |
Tabby
(gcide) | 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.
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Tabby
(gcide) | Tabby \Tab"by\ (t[a^]b"b[y^]), n.; pl. Tabbies
(t[a^]b"b[i^]z). [F. tabis (cf. It. tab[`i], Sp. & Pg.
tab['i], LL. attabi), fr. Ar. 'att[=a]b[imac], 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.
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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.
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3. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
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4. An old maid or gossip. [Colloq.] --Byron.
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Tabby
(gcide) | Tabby \Tab"by\, a.
1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby
waistcoat. --Pepys.
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2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
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Tabby moth (Zool.), the grease moth. See under Grease.
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tabby
(wn) | tabby
adj 1: having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy
coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
[syn: brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby]
n 1: a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black [syn:
tabby, tabby cat]
2: female cat [syn: tabby, queen] |
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tabby cat
(encz) | tabby cat, n: |
brindled brindle brinded tabby
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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Tabby
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Tabby \Tab"by\ (t[a^]b"b[y^]), n.; pl. Tabbies
(t[a^]b"b[i^]z). [F. tabis (cf. It. tab[`i], Sp. & Pg.
tab['i], LL. attabi), fr. Ar. 'att[=a]b[imac], 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.
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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.
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3. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
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4. An old maid or gossip. [Colloq.] --Byron.
[1913 Webster]Tabby \Tab"by\, a.
1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby
waistcoat. --Pepys.
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2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
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Tabby moth (Zool.), the grease moth. See under Grease.
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Tabby moth
(gcide) | Tabby \Tab"by\, a.
1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby
waistcoat. --Pepys.
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2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
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Tabby moth (Zool.), the grease moth. See under Grease.
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Tabbying
(gcide) | 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.
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Water tabby
(gcide) | Water tabby \Wa"ter tab"by\
A kind of waved or watered tabby. See Tabby, n., 1.
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tabby cat
(wn) | tabby cat
n 1: a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black [syn:
tabby, tabby cat] |
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