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   Tidy , n. (Zool.) The wren; -- called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.]
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   The tidy for her notes as delicate as they.
   Drayton.
   
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   ☞ This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.
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   Tidy, a. [Compar. Tidier ; superl. Tidiest.] [From Tide time, season; cf. D. tijdig timely, G. zeitig, Dan. & Sw. tidig.]
   Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather. [Obs.]
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   If weather be fair and tidy.
   Tusser.
   
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   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.
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   A tidy man, that tened [injured] me never.
   Piers Plowman.
   
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   Tidy, n.; pl. Tidies .
   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.
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   A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.]
   Wright.
   
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   Tidy, 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.
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   Tidy, v. i. To make things tidy. [Colloq.]
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   I have tidied and tidied over and over again.
   Dickens.
   
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