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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tidy \Ti"dy\, noun (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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tidy \Ti"dy\, adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tidy \Ti"dy\, noun; 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tidy \Ti"dy\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tidy \Ti"dy\, verb (used without an object) To make things tidy. [Colloq.]
I have tidied and tidied over and over again. --Dickens.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tidy
adjective
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}]
noun: receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
verb: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: {tidy up}, {clean up}, {neaten}, {straighten}, {straighten out}, {square away}] [also: {tidied}, {tidiest}, {tidier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
126 Moby Thesaurus words for "tidy": OK, acceptable, adequate, admissible, all right, ample, anal, arrange, better than nothing, big, bleach, bowdlerize, bowdlerized, bumper, chipper, clean, clean out, clean up, cleaned, cleaned up, cleanse, cleansed, clear out, clear the decks, clear up, considerable, decent, delouse, depurate, deterge, dinky, dry-clean, dust, dust off, expurgate, expurgated, fair, fairish, fix up, freshen, generous, good, good enough, goodish, goodly, grand, great, groom, healthy, large, large-scale, lustrate, man-sized, methodical, moderate, neat, neaten, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not so bad, numerous, okay, orderly, organize, organized, passable, police, police up, presentable, pretty good, purge, purged, purified, purify, put in order, put in trim, rearrange, refined, reform, reformed, reorganize, respectable, satisfactory, scavenge, shipshape, significant, sizable, sizeable, sleek, slick, smart, snug, spick and span, spick-and-span, spruce, spruce up, steam-clean, straighten out, straighten up, substantial, sufficient, sweep out, sweeten, systematic, tall, tidy up, tight, tolerable, trig, trig up, trim, trim up, uncluttered, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, well-cared-for, well-groomed, well-kept, well-ordered, whiten, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up, workmanlike
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