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Tidy \Ti"dy\, v. i.
To make things tidy. [Colloq.]
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I have tidied and tidied over and over again.
--Dickens.
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Tidy \Ti"dy\, n. (Zool.)
The wren; -- called also {tiddy}. [Prov. Eng.]
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The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. --Drayton.
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Note: This name is probably applied also to other small
singing birds, as the goldcrest.
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Tidy \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.]
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If weather be fair and tidy. --Tusser.
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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.
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A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never. --Piers
Plowman.
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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.
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2. A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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Tidy \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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