tabby-cat
21tabby — noun (plural tabbies) 1》 a grey or brownish cat mottled or streaked with dark stripes. 2》 silk or other fabric with a watered pattern. 3》 a plain weave. 4》 concrete made of lime, shells, gravel, and stones, which dries very hard. Word History… …
22Cat food — For the song by King Crimson, see Cat Food (song). Cat with a bowl of dry cat food Cat food is food intended for consumption by cats. As with all species, cats have requirements for specific dietary nutrients, rather than ingredients.[1] Certain… …
23Cat anatomy — In this section the major parts of a cat s body and their special adaptive features are discuss. Contents 1 Mouth 2 Ears 3 Nose 4 Legs 5 Claws …
24tabby — [17] By a bizarre series of etymological twists and turns, the tabby cat commemorates a textile manufacturing suburb of Baghdad. This was al ‘Attābīya, named after Prince Attāb, who lived there. The cloth made there was known as ‘attābī, and the… …
25tabby — [17] By a bizarre series of etymological twists and turns, the tabby cat commemorates a textile manufacturing suburb of Baghdad. This was al ‘Attābīya, named after Prince Attāb, who lived there. The cloth made there was known as ‘attābī, and the… …
26tabby — I. n. 1. Watered silk. 2. Brindled cat, tabby cat. 3. Gossip, tale bearer, news monger, tattler, chatterer. II. v. a. Water, sprinkle and calender. III. a. 1. Of a waved or watered appearance. 2 …
27tabby — 1. noun /ˈtæb.i/ a) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. b) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions,… …
28cat — Pōpoki, oau, owau. ♦ Maltese cat, pōpoki lehu. ♦ Tabby cat, pōpoki pe elua …
29tabby — [tab′ē] n. pl. tabbies [Fr tabis, earlier atabis < ML attabi < Ar al ʼattābīya < ʿ attābī, the quarter of Baghdad where it was manufactured: after a prince ʼ Attāb, of the Omayyad dynasty] 1. a silk taffeta with stripes or wavy markings; …
30cat — W3S1 [kæt] n [: Old English; Origin: catt, probably from Latin cattus, catta] 1.) a) a small animal with four legs that people often keep as a pet. Cats sometimes kill small animals and birds →↑feline tabby/ginger/tortoiseshell etc cat (=colours… …
