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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Tidy \Ti"dy\, v. i. To make things tidy. [Colloq.]

I have tidied and tidied over and over again. --Dickens.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)