Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tidy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tidy \Ti"dy\, v. i.
To make things tidy. [Colloq.]
I have tidied and tidied over and over again.
--Dickens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tidy
adj 1: marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or
habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"
[ant: {untidy}]
2: (used of hair) neat and tidy; "a nicely kempt beard" [syn: {kempt},
{trim}]
3: large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable
amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a
respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable
fortune" [syn: {goodly}, {goodish}, {hefty}, {respectable},
{sizable}, {sizeable}]
n : receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
v : put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn:
{tidy up}, {clean up}, {neaten}, {straighten}, {straighten
out}, {square away}]
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