tidy

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If weather be fair and tidy. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tidy man, that tened [ injured ] me never. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A child's pinafore. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make things tidy. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I have tidied and tidied over and over again. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]