Ti"dy (?), n. Zool.
The wren; -- called also tiddy.
[Prov. Eng.]
The tidy for her notes as delicate as they.
Drayton.
⇒ This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.
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Ti"dy, a. [Compar. Tidier (?); superl. Tidiest.] [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.
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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.
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Ti"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tidied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tidying.]
To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.
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Ti"dy, v. i.
To make things tidy.
[Colloq.]
I have tidied and tidied over and over again.
Dickens.
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