Note: This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.
TIDY Ti"dy, a. [Compar. Tidier; superl. Tidiest.] Etym: [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.
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.
2. A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
TIDY
Ti"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tidied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tidying.]
Defn: To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.
TIDY
Ti"dy, v. i.