TAMMY

tam, tam-o'-shanter, tammy

(noun) a woolen cap of Scottish origin

tammy

(noun) plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Tammy

A female given name popular in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Etymology 1

Noun

tammy (countable and uncountable, plural tammies)

A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

Etymology 2

Noun

tammy (plural tammies)

(now rare) Alternative form of tamis (“culinary strainer”)

Verb

tammy (third-person singular simple present tammies, present participle tammying, simple past and past participle tammied)

(cooking, transitive) To strain through a tammy.

Etymology 3

Noun

tammy (plural tammies)

A tam o’shanter hat.

Source: Wiktionary

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Tam"my, n.; pl. Tammies (.

1. A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, -- used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.

2. A sieve, or strainer, made of this material; a tamis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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