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 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]