คำว่า ' tabby ' ( N )
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คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[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.