noun an old maid or gossip.
2. tabby ·noun a brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
3. tabby ·adj brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
4. tabby ·adj having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
5. tabby ·noun 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.
6. tabby ·noun a kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. the watering is given to it by calendering.
7. tabby ·vt to water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, ·etc.