Defn: A fabric like poplin, with a watered surface. [Written also tabinet.]
TABEFACTION
Tab`e*fac"tion, n. [See Tabefy.]
Defn: A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.
TABEFY
Tab"e*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tabefying.]
[L. tabere to waste away + -fy: cf. L. tabefacere to melt.]
Defn: To cause to waste gradually, to emaciate. [R.] Harvey.
TABELLION Ta*bel"lion, n. [L. tabellio, fr. tabella a tablet, a writing, document, dim. of tabula a board: cf. F. tabellion. See Table.]
Defn: A secretary or notary under the Roman empire; also, a similar officer in France during the old monarchy.
TABER
Ta"ber, v. i.
Defn: Same as Tabor. Nahum ii. 7.
TABERD
Tab"erd, n.