Ti"dy, v. i. To make things tidy.
[Colloq.]
I have tidied and tidied over and over
again.
Dickens.Ti"dy (?), n. (Zoöl.) 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.
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.
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.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.