n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] 1. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tag. See Tag, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A loop for pulling or lifting something. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. a small projecting piece of a file folder, file card, or similar sheet used in a filing system, on which a notation is written to permit convenient search for the folder, card, etc. [ PJC ]

7. a bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; as, the salesman will pick up the tab. [ PJC ]

8. a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard which advances the carriage or curser to the next (preset) tab position; -- used especially to type or print text or numbers in columns. [ PJC ]

n. Tobacco. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., horsefly. ] (Zool.) A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tabard, tabart; cf. Sp. & Pg. tabardo, It. tabarro, W. tabar, LGr. tampa`rion, LL. tabardum. ] A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds. [ Spelt also taberd. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In a tabard he [ the Plowman ] rode upon a mare. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who wears a tabard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A scholar on the foundation of Queen's College, Oxford, England, whose original dress was a tabard. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Tabby. ] A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So named after Tabasco, a river and state of Mexico. ] A kind of very pungent sauce made from red peppers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Per. tabāshīr: cf. Skr. tvakkshīrā, tvakshīrā. ] A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles, and various other diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Tabby. ] A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [ Written also tabinet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tabby moth (Zool.), the grease moth. See under Grease. [ 1913 Webster ]