4 entries under this word
[compar. TIDIER; superl. TIDIEST.] [From tide, time, season; D. tidig, L. Ger., Dan., & Sw. tidig, O. H. Ger. zitig, N. H. Ger. zeitig, timely, ripe, seasonable.]
Sense 1. Being in proper time; seasonable; favorable. [Obs.] “If weather be fair and tidy.” Tusser.
Sense 2. Arranged in good order; 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.
n. 1. A cover, often of ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, and the like.
Sense 2. A child's pinafore. [Eng.] Wright.
Sense 3. A kind of singing-bird, probably the gold-crested wren, but supposed, by some, to be the tit-mouse. “The tidy for her notes as delicate as they.” Drayton.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. TIDIED; p. pr. & vb. n. TIDYING.] To make neat; to put in good order.
v. i. To put things in order, or make them neat. [Colloq.] I have tidied and tidied over and over again, but it's useless. Dickens.