tab·by /ˈtæbi/
平紋,斑貓(vt.)使起波紋(a.)平紋組織的,起波紋的
Tab·by n.; pl. Tabbies
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. [Colloq.]
Tab·by a.
1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
Tabby moth Zool., 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.
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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]
n 1: a cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black [syn: tabby
cat]
2: female cat [syn: queen]