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.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Tabby (cement)
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tabby
Noun
- A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- 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.
- A brindled cat
- An old maid or gossip.
Adjective
- Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
- Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
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