n.
A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface.
n.
A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
n.
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.
n.
A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
n.
An old maid or gossip.
a.
Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
a.
Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
v. t.
To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
n.
A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tabefy
v. t.
To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate.
n.
A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.
n.
A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.
n.
A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship.