Tabby

Tabby
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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3. A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat. [1913 Webster]

4. An old maid or gossip. [Colloq.] --Byron. [1913 Webster]


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  • tabby — (n.) 1630s, striped silk taffeta, from Fr. tabis a rich, watered silk (originally striped), from M.Fr. atabis (14c.), from Arabic attabiya, from Attabiy, a neighborhood of Baghdad where such cloth was first made, named for prince Attab of the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tabby — [tab′ē] n. pl. tabbies [Fr tabis, earlier atabis < ML attabi < Ar al ʼattābīya < ʿ attābī, the quarter of Baghdad where it was manufactured: after a prince ʼ Attāb, of the Omayyad dynasty] 1. a silk taffeta with stripes or wavy markings; …   English World dictionary

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  • tabby — ► NOUN (pl. tabbies) 1) a grey or brownish cat with dark stripes. 2) silk or other fabric with a watered pattern. ORIGIN originally referring to a striped silk taffeta: from French tabis, from the Arabic name of a part of Baghdad where it was… …   English terms dictionary

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