Defn: Tidings. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TIDINGS Ti"dings, n. pl. Etym: [OE. tidinge, ti, tidinde, from or influenced by Icel. ti; akin to Dan. tidende, Sw. tidning, G. zeung, AS. tidan to happen, E. betide, tide. See Tide, v. i. & n.]
Defn: Account of what has taken place, and was not before known;
news.
I shall make my master glad with these tidings. Shak.
Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Conveyed the dismal
tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith.
Note: Although tidings is plural in form, it has been used also as a
singular. By Shakespeare it was used indiscriminately as a singular
or plural.
Now near the tidings of our comfort is. Shak.
Tidings to the contrary Are brought your eyes. Shak.
Syn. — News; advice; information; intelligence. — Tidings, News. The term news denotes recent intelligence from any quarter; the term tidings denotes intelligence expected from a particular quarter, showing what has there betided. We may be indifferent as to news, but are always more or less interested in tidings. We read the news daily; we wait for tidings respecting an absent friend or an impending battle. We may be curious to hear the news; we are always anxious for tidings. Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton. What tidings dost thou bring Addison.
TIDLEY Tid"ley, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The wren. (b) The goldcrest. [Prov. Eng.]
TIDOLOGY
Tid*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Tide + -logy.]
Defn: A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides. J. S. Mill.
TIDY
Ti"dy, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wren; — called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.]
The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. Drayton.