Found 2 items, similar to tabby.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tabby tabby n 1: a cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black [syn: tabby cat ] 2: female cat [syn: queen] tabby adj : having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats [syn: brindled, brindle, brinded]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tabby 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\, 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] Tabby \Tab"by\, a. 1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat. --Pepys. [1913 Webster] 2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat. [1913 Webster] Tabby moth (Zo["o]l.), the grease moth. See under Grease. [1913 Webster]