Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tidy

Tidy , noun

(Zoology) The wren; -- called also tiddy. [Provincial English]
The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. — Drayton

This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.

Tidy , adjective

[From Tide time, season; compare Dutch tijdig timely, German zeitig, Danish & Swedish tidig.]

1.
Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather. [Obsolete]
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

Tidy ({not transcribed}) , noun

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. [Provincial English] — Wright

Tidy , transitive verb

To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.

Tidy , intransitive verb

To make things tidy. [Colloquial]
I have tidied and tidied over and over again. — Dickens