| • | 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; hence, popularly, any cat. |
| • | An old maid or gossip. |
| • | Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat. |
| • | Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat. |
| • | 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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