TIDY

n. a. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The wren; -- called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.] The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. Drayton.

2.
a.

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

3.
a.

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.

4.
n.

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.

5.
n.

A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

6.
v.

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

7.
v.

To make things tidy. [Colloq.] I have tidied and tidied over and over again. Dickens.

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