TABBY

Tabby

Tabby is a North American building material consisting of lime, sand, water, and crushed oyster shells. It is a vernacular building material found in the Southeastern Lowcountry.

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tabby

Noun

  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
  4. An old maid or gossip.

Adjective

  1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
  2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.


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