Category:Tidy

Ti"dy, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: the wren; -- called also tiddy. [prov. Eng.] The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. Drayton.

Note: this name is probably applied also to other small singing Birds, as the goldcrest.

Tidy Ti"dy, a. [compar. Tidier; superl. Tidiest.] Etym: [from tide time, Season; cf. D. tijdig timely, g. zeitig, dan. & sw. tidig.]

1. Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy Weather. [obs.] If weather be fair and tidy. Tusser.

2. Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper And becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy Lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and Tidy. A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never. Piers plowman.

Tidy Ti"dy, n.; pl. Tidies (.

1. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, For the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like.

2. A child's pinafore. [prov. Eng.] Wright.

Tidy Ti"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tidied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tidying.]

Defn: to put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to Tidy one's dress.

Tidy Ti"dy, v. i.

Defn: to make things tidy. [colloq.] I have tidied and tidied over and over again. Dickens.