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 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.]