tabby

Meanings

Plural: tabbies

Noun

• a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
• female cat
• A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
• 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.
• A brindled cat.
• A woman, irrespective of age, but often used for a young, attractive woman.
• An old maid or gossip.

Adjective Satellite

• having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

Adj

• Having a wavy or watered appearance.
• Brindled; diversified in color.

Verb

• To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).

Synonyms

brinded, brindle, brindled, old woman, queen, tabby cat

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