tabid (tabid)

[ In tabid persons milk is the best restorative. Arbuthnot, Aliments, i. tabidly (tab'id-li), adv. In a tabid manner; wastingly; consumptively. He that is tabidly inclined were unwise to pa his days in Portugal. Sir T. Browne, Letter to a Friend. tabidne (tab'id-nes), n. The state of being reduced by disease; emaciation resulting from some disorder affecting the nutritive functions. Leigh, Nat. Hist. Lancashire, p. 62. tabific (ta-bif'ik), a. [= F. tabifique = Sp. tabífico = It. tabifico, L. tabes, wasting, + ficus, facere, make, do (see- fic ). Cf. tabefy.] Causing tabes; deranging the organs of digestion and a imilation; deteriorating; wasting. tabint, tabinet, n. [Appar. an altered form of tabby (formerly taby, tab is ), after satin, etc.: see tabby1.] Same as tabbinet. Cloth of ti ue or tabine, That like beaten gold will shine. Middle ton , Anything for a Quiet Life, ii. 2. with decorative sculpture. The sides of every street were covered with... cloisters crowned with rich and lofty pinnacles, and fronted with tabernacular or open work. T. Warton, Hist. Eng. Poetry, II. 93.