Definitions for: Tabby


[n] female cat
[n] a cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black
[adj] having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.


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.

Synonyms: brinded, brindle, brindled, patterned, queen, tabby cat

See Also: domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat

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