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tabby
('t/&/b/i/ )

adjective (a)

  • Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black(noun.animal)
    Synonym:
    tabby cat
    source: wordnet30
  • female cat(noun.animal)
    Synonym:
    queen
    source: wordnet30
  • A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    brinded, brindle, brindled
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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