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Look up: Tabby

  1. Tabby
    A coat pattern consisting of two or more colours in a striped pattern.
    Found on http://www.moggies.co.uk/gloss.html

  2. tabby
    [n] - a cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black 2. [n] - female cat
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Tabby
    Series of IR night vision devices [UK]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  4. Tabby
    1 17thC term for silk taffeta with a changeable surface finish like shot silk. 2 A basic weave in which the warp thread is woven alternately over and under each weft thread.
    Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary

  5. Tabby
    Tab'by noun ; plural Tabbies . [ French tabis (cf. Italian tabì , Spanish & Portuguese tabí , Late Latin attabi ), from Arabic 'attābī , properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made, the quarter being named from the prince Attab , great grandson of Omeyya. Confer Tobine .] 1. A kind of waved silk, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/1

  6. Tabby
    Tab'by adjective 1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat. Pepys. 2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat. Tabby moth (Zoology) , the grease moth. See under Grease .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/1

  7. Tabby
    Tab'by transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tabbied ; present participle & verbal noun Tabbying .] To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/1

  8. tabby
    Origin: F. Tabis (cf. It. Tabi, Sp. & Pg. Tabi, LL. Attabi), fr. Ar. 'attabi, properly the name of a quarter of Bagdad where it was made, the quarter being named from the prince Attab, great grandson of Omeyya. Cf. Tobine. ... 1. A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. tabby
    noun a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Tabby
    • (a.) Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat. • (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, ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. tabby
    type of dark-striped coat colouring found in both wild and domestic cats. One of the most common coat colours, the tabby pattern dates back to ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/1

  12. Tabby
    Tabby is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Gazelle` Where is it used? The name Tabby is mainly used In English.See also In German: Tabea In English and In the bible: Tabitha (F) In English: Tabatha From Old English. The name Tabby doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Tabby seems to be un
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Tab

  13. tabby
    1. a cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black
    2. female cat

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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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