catty
1Catty — is the English word for a traditional Chinese unit of mass called a jīn (Chinese characters: 斤) in Mandarin Chinese (or kan in Cantonese, kin or kun in Minnan and kin in Japanese) used across East Asia, commonly found in wet markets and in… …
2Catty — Cat ty, n. [Malay kat[=i]. See {Caddy}.] An East Indian Weight of 11/3 pounds. [1913 Webster] …
3Catty — Catty, 1) Gewicht in China, Japan u. einigen ostindischen Inseln, zwischen 1 u. 2 Zollpfund schwer; 2) (Cattos), Rechnungsmünze auf Java = 44 Thlr. 13 Sgr …
4Catty — (engl.), ostasiatisches Gewicht, s. Kätti …
5Catty — (Mehrzahl Catties), s. Kätti …
6Catty — Catty, Catto, Rechnungsmünze auf Java = 44 Thlr. 13 Sgr. 31/2 Pfg. = 64 fl. 48 kr. C. M …
7catty — 1886, devious and spiteful, from CAT (Cf. cat) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Slightly earlier was cattish (1883) …
8catty — [adj] nasty, malicious backbiting, evil, hateful, ill natured, malevolent, mean, rancorous, spiteful, venomous, vicious, wicked; concept 404 Ant. kind, nice, pleasant …
9catty — ► ADJECTIVE (cattier, cattiest) ▪ spiteful. DERIVATIVES cattily adverb …
10catty — catty1 [kat′ē] adj. cattier, cattiest 1. of or like a cat 2. spiteful, mean, malicious, etc. cattily adv. cattiness n. catty2 [kat′ē] n. pl. catties [Malay kātī: see …
