Crossword Dictionary

What's The Definition Of Tidy?

\Ti"dy\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
\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\, 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\, 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.
\Ti"dy\, v. i. To make things tidy. [Colloq.] I have tidied and tidied over and over again. --Dickens.