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▪ I. catty, n.|ˈkætɪ|
Also 7 catte, cate, 8 katty.
[Malay-Javanese kātī, katī: see caddy.]
A weight used in China and the Eastern Archipelago, equal to 16 taels, i.e. 11/3 lb. avoird., or 625 grammes.
[1555Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 259 They receaued in Cambie..For xvii. Cathyls of quicke syluer, one Bahar.] 1598W. Phillips tr. Linschoten's Trav. Ind. 34 (Y.) Everie Catte is as much as 20 Portingall ounces. 1604Capt. J. Davis in Purchas I. 123 (Y.) Their pound they call a Cate. 1609Keeling ibid. I. 199 (Y.) One cattie of spice. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. viii. §1 He gave me two Cates of Gold. 1699W. Dampier Voy. II. i. vii. 132, 100 Catty make a Pecul, which is 132 l. English weight. 1771J. R. Forster P. Osbeck's Voy. I. 262 A Katty or Chinese Kann is 1 lb. 1211/16 of half ounce. 1813W. Milburn Orient. Comm. II. 496 Bringals 3 candareen per catty. 1857R. Tomes Amer. in Japan 399 Water at the rate of six-hundred copper cash..for 1000 Catties.
▪ II. catty, a.|ˈkætɪ|
[f. cat n.1 + -y1.]
Of or pertaining to cats; concerned with the breeding or exhibiting of cats.
1903F. Simpson Bk. Cat v. 84 The question of open judging at cat shows has frequently been discussed in catty circles.
b. = cattish b.
1886Mrs. Argles Lady Branksmere ix, There is a sly, catty look about her. 1909Westm. Gaz. 11 Dec. 16/2 A noted prelate..said recently in addressing a community composed of the fair sex that all such communities had the temptation to be ‘catty’. 1936A. Christie ABC Murders xxiii. 173 Women..are a bit catty about other women. |