tidiness

[Eng. tidy, a.; -ne .] The quality or state of being tidy; neatne ; neat simplicity. *tid-ing, *tid-inge, s . [TIDINGS.] tid-ing, pr . par . or a. [TIDE, v.] *tiding-well, s. A well that ebbs and flows, or is supposed to ebb and flow, with the tide. "There is a tiding -well That daily ebbs and flows." Drayton: Polyolbion, s. 30. *tid-Ing-le , a. [Eng. tiding ; -le .] Having no tidings. tid-Ingş, *tithennde, s. pl. [Icelandictidhindi "A tide - like darkne overwhelms The fields that round us lie." Long fellow: Birds of Pa age, tide-lock, s. A lock situate between the tidewater of a harbor or river and an inclosed basin when their levels vary. It has two pairs of gates. tide-meter, s. A tide-gauge (q. v.).