Tabby

n.	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.
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.
v. t.	1.	To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc. [imp. & p. p. Tabbied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabbying .]

Noun	1.	tabby - a cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black Synonyms: tabby cat
	2.	tabby - female cat Synonyms: queen
Adj.	1.	tabby - having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats Synonyms: brinded, brindle, brindled

Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Maltese cat, a tale-bearing animal, alley cat, banded, barred, blue cat, brinded, brindle, brindled, busybody, calico cat, cat, feline, gib, gib-cat, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossipmonger, grimalkin, house cat, kit, kitling, kitten, kitty, kitty-cat, listed, maiden lady, marbled, marbleized, mouser, newsmonger, newspaperman, old maid, puss, pussy, pussycat, quidnunc, reporter, rumormonger, scandalmonger, silver cat, spinstress, streaked, streaky, striatal, striate, striated, strigate, strigose, striolate, striped, stripy, tabby cat, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale, tiger cat, tittle-tattler, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, veined, watered, yenta