tide-gate 
tide-gate'^ (tid'gat), . [< tide* + /<<'-'.] 
Tideway; stream. 
Some visible apparent tokens remaine of a haven, 
though now it be gravcl.l up, and the streame or 
turned another way. 
It. 
8881 
tideway (tid'wa), w. A channel in which the 
tide set >. 
Now and then great budgerows crowed our path, or 
lay anchored In the tiiteiray. 
W. II. Itiusell, Diary In India, I. 125. 
. 
Hash,. Lenten Stuffe (Karl. Misc., VI. (Varies.) tide-wheel (tid'hwel), . A water-wheel oper- 
2. Mutt., a narrow place where the tide runs a ti.j by a head of water from a tidal basin, 
with {treat velocity. or working as a current-wheel in a tideway or 
tide-harbor (tid'hiir'bor), . Same as tidal Bliii,.,.. 
hiirlinr (which see, under tiilnl). tidift, Sec tidy-. 
tie 
6. Satisfactory; comfortable; fairly coocl or 
well: as, How are you to-<lay f Tidy. (Slang.] 
II. H.: ]>1. fiV/iVg (-di/. l. 1. Amoreorless m-- 
n:i IMI-III nl covering for the back of a chair, the 
arms of a sofa, or the like, to keep tin-in from 
liecnmiii"; soiled. 2. A pinafore or apron. 
[Prov. Eng.J 
tidy 1 (ti'di), r.; pret. and pp. tidied, ppr. tidy- 
IHI/. [< tidy 1 , it.] I. trams. To make neat; put 
in good order: often followed by up : as, to tidy 
tide-land (tid'land), H. Such land as is affected tidily (ti'di-Ii), a'dr. [< tidy* + -ty 2 .] Neatly; or to tidy up a room. [Collo<i.J 
I >y the tide; land which is alternately covered 
aiid left dry by the ordinary flux and reflux of 
the tides. Tide-land spruce. Hcepru3. 
tideless (tid'U-s), <i. \ < tid,-i + -/.**. ) Without 
ebb or How. 
There Is a considerable fresh water volume debouching 
into n titldt** sea or lake. 
Jour. Franklin Intt., CXXV. 308. 
with simplicity and 'suitability: as, a tidily 
dressed girl. 
tidiness (ti'di-nes), 11. [< tidy* + -we**.] The 
quality of being tidy; neatness: as, the tidinm.i 
of dregs, of a room, etc. 
The open country li more pleasing than the small vil- 
lage*, which have not the tidiness of the New England 
small villages. Harper's Mag., LXXVHI. 258. 
tide-lock (tid'lok), n. A lock situated between tiding (ti'ding), n. [< () ME. tidn,,j, tydinin; 
the tide-water of a harbor or river and an in- 
closed basin when their levels vary. It has two 
pairs of double gates, by which vessels can pass either way 
at all times of tne tide. Also called yuard-loclr. 
tidelyt (tid'li), iidi: [< ME. tidely, tydely,< AS. 
tidlire (= D. tijdelijk = G. zeitlicli), timely, sea- 
sonably^ tidlic (= D. tijdelijk = G. :eitlich). 
timely, seasonable, < tid, time, tide: see tide! 
and -(y 2 .] 1. Seasonably; opportunely; suit- 
ably; fitly. 
But [he] tok to him tidely trewe cunsayl euere. 
Will, 'mi, of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5482. 
Item, Sir, if my Malster of the Holies be not come, I 
trust to God to com tyilelii i now, as for the traversys. 
1'Hflim Utters, I. 528. 
2. Cleverly; smartly; bravely. 
Than Trolell full ti,l,-lii tnrnyt into batell, 
With a folke that was fell, fuerse of assaute. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 10270. 
tide-mark (tid'mark), M. The limit of the flow 
or of the ebb of tho tide, 
tide-marsh (tid'marsh), H. See marsh. 
tide-meter (tid'me'ter), n. A tide-gage. 
She found the widow with her house-place tidied up 
after the midday meal, and busy knitting at the open door. 
Jin. Oaskell, Sylvia s Lover*, xllll. 
II. in/raw*. To arrange, dispose, or put things, 
as dress, furniture, etc., in good or proper or- 
der: often with uji. [Colloq.] 
I have tidied and tidied over and over again, but It'* 
useless. Ma and Africa, U>gether, upet the whole house. 
VitkfHt, Bleak Home, zzx. 
'tidcitg,* titlnitgc, < AS. *tidttng = l)"'tijdiug = tidy 2 (ti'di), n.; pi. tidies (-diz). [Early mod. 
MLG. tiiiinii = MHG. zitunge, G. zeitung (cf. 
Sw. tidning), news, information; verbal n. of 
AS. tidan, etc., happen: see tide 1 , t. (6)Mi\e.i 
with ME. tidinde, titliende, tithinde, < Icel. tidli- 
indi ... Dan. tideiide, lit. things happening, pi. 
ppr. of "tidlia = AS. tidan, happen: see firfe".] 
The announcement of an event or occurrence 
not previously made known; a piece of news; 
hence, in the plural, news; information; in 
telligence: now always used in the plural. 
Thus saugh I fals and Both compouned 
Togeder nee for oo tydinge. 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 2109. 
Behold, I bring you good tidings of great Joy, which 
shall he to all people. Luke II. 10. 
I shall make my master glad with these tidings. 
Shak., M. W. of W., Iv. 5. 57. 
(The plural form tidings Is sometimes used as a singular. 
Compare news. 
The tidimjt conies that they are all arrived. 
Shalt., K. John, Iv. 2. 115.) 
,, ... ______ o-o =8yn. Intelligence, etc. See new*. 
tide-mill (tid'mil), w. 1. A mill supplied with tiding-well (ti'ding-wel), H. A well that ebbs 
power by means of a water-wheel operated by and flows, or is supposed to ebb and flow, with 
a fall or current in a tideway or from a tidal 
basin.-2. A water-pumping station operated 
by a tide-wheel, used to pump water over a 
Pool left by the re- 
the tide. 
*& fc 
Drayton, Polyolblon, xxx. ss. 
_ , r ~. .- " An . instru- 
ment for calculating the times and heights of 
high and low water. In the machine of Fen-ell (which 
is used for the official tide-tables of the United States Coast 
Survey) there is a chain passing over thirty-four pulleys 
al (ti-do-loj'i-kai), a. [< tidolog-y + 
Of or pertaining to tidology : as, tido- 
loqical researches. Wliewcll. 
attaehe'd eccentrically to" half "as many revolving axe's, tidology (ti-dol'o-ji), II. [Irreg. < E. firfr 1 + 
Two hands move in an apparently very irregular way (Jr. -Xo)/a, < Mytiv, speak: see -ology.] The 
doctrine, theory, or science of tides. 
I have ventured to employ the term Tidology, having 
been much engaged in tidological researches. 
I'hilos. Induct. Sciences (ed. 1840), I. p. Ixxiii. 
[< ME. tidy, tydy, tidi 
over a dial ; when these coincide the time of high or low 
water is read off on the dial, and the height of the water 
upon a vertical scale with a moving index at the side, 
tide-rips (tid'rips), . pi. Rough water caused 
by opposing tides or currents. 
tide-rock (tid'rok), M. A rock alternately cov- tidy 1 (ti'di), . and H 
ered and uncovered by the tides. 
tide-rode (tid'rod), a. Naut., swinging by the 
force of the tide when at anchor; riding at 
anchor with head to tide and not to wind. See 
tcind-rodr. 
tide-runner (tid'run'er), . A fish whose move- 
ments correspond to or are otherwise affected 
by the tides. 
These big fellows [weakflshj are designated as tide- 
runners. Sportsman's Gazetteer, p. 244. 
tides-man (tidz'man), . 1. One who is em- 
ployed only during certain states of the tide. 
2. A tidewaiter. 
tide-table (tid'ta'bl), . A table showing the 
time of high water at any place, or at different 
places, for each day throughout the year. 
tidewaiter (tid'wa'ter). n. One of a class of 
custom-house officers whose business it is to 
await the arrival of ships, and to see that while 
in port the customs regulations as to the land- 
ing and shipping of goods are observed, and the 
revenue laws are not violated. 
If he misses a pair of colours, or a tide-waiter's place, he 
has no remedy but the highway. 
Stcift, Advice to Servants (Waiting-Maid). 
The father of the Custom-House the patriarch not 
only of this little squad of officials, but, I am bold to say, 
of the respectable body of tide-tcaiters nil over the I ' nile.l 
States was a certain permanent Inspector. 
JJairthnrne, Scarlet Letter, Int., p. IT. 
tide-water (tid'wa'ter), H. Water affected hy 
the ordinary ebb and Mow of the tide. -Tide- 
water region, the low plnin of eastern Virginia, extend- 
ing from the Atlantic coast westward about 100 miles. 
tide-wave (tid'wav), . A tidal wave (which 
see, under tidal). 
(= D. lijdiji = MLG. tidifh. timely, = OHG. 
MHG. litig, G. zcitii/, seasonable, timely, = Sw. 
tiilia = Dan. tidig, timely) ; < tide* + -y* .] I. . 
It. Seasonable; opportune; favorable; fit; suit- 
able. 
Oret merthc to the messangeres Meliors than made, 
For the tidy tidlnges that tlxtly were seide. 
William of Palernt (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1338. 
If weather he fair, and tidy thy grain, 
Make speedily carriage, for fear of a rain. 
Taster, August's Husbandry, st. 22. 
2t. Brave; smart; skilful; fine; good. 
Than Troilus full tit.-. & tide Eneas, 
Chefyn to Achilles with choisc men ynogh. 
Dtttrnction of Tray (E. K. T. S.X 1. 7410. 
Thanne worth Trewe-tonge, a tiilii man that tened me 
neuere. Pien Plowman (B), iii. .121). 
3. Appropriate or suitable as regards order, 
arrangement, occasion, circumstances, or the 
like ; becomingly or neatly arrayed or arranged ; 
kept in good order; neat; trim: as, a t idy dress ; 
a tidy and well-furnished apartment. 
To see it all so tidy, not even a pair of lioota thrown 
about, or a tie Rung on the table, made their hearts die 
within them. .'/;.. Olipliant, Poor Gentleman, xxxvil. 
4. Of neat and orderly habits ; disposed to be 
neat and orderly: as, a tidy person. 6. Mod- 
erately or fairly large, great, or important; 
. .uisiderable ; respectable; pretty: as, a tidi/ 
sum of money. [Obsolete or colloq.] 
Al that touched ther to a tidi erldome. 
To the kowherd * his wi( the king saf that time. 
William iff Palerne (E. E. T. a), 1. 5384. 
May lie after a tidy day s work I shall come home with 
l. ill my pocket 
Uaiihev, London Labour and London Poor, I. 408. 
E. also tydie; also dial, tiddy, q. v. : < ME. tidij', 
ti/dif, tidifc ; origin unknown : see tidif. Cf . 
tiddy* (and lidley); the termination is appar. 
OF.) A small singing bird, perhaps the wren. 
Tho that hadde doon unkyndeneue 
As doth the tydif, for new fangelnesse. 
Chaucer, Good Women. I. 154. 
And of those channting fowls, the Goldfinch not behind, 
That hath so many sorts descending from her kind, 
The Tydie for her notes as delicate as they. 
Drayton, Polyolblon, xlll. 79. 
tidytips (ti'di-tips), it. A Californian compo- 
site plant, Isttyia (Cnllichroa) platyglosxa: a 
showy plant with bright-yellow rays, frequent- 
ly cultivated as a half-hardy annual. 
tie 1 (H), r.; pret. and pp. tied, ppr. tying. 
[Early mod. E. also tye; dial, also tee; < ME. 
tien, tyeii, teyen, teien, teigen, tigen, < AS. tigan, 
'tyi/iiH, 'tegan, 'tigiun, cited also as 'tfgean, 
bind, tie, a secondary form of the verb tt6n 
(pret. tedli, pi. titr/on, pp. tot/en), draw, pull: 
see tee 1 , tow 1 . In some uses the verb is di- 
rect!}' from the noun: see Me 1 , .] I. fra#. 
1. To attach or make fast by a band, ribbon, 
cord, or the like drawn together and knotted; 
bind. 
Ther-wlth the! drongh theire swerdes oute and wente 
toward the river that ran vnder the gardln, where the! 
hadde a barge i-teyed where-lii thel were come In to the 
gardln. Merlin (E. E. T. S.;, iii. 464. 
And thereunto a great long chainc he '/;/.'. 
With which he drew him forth, even in his own despight. 
Spenser, F. Q., VI. xiL 84. 
My son. keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not 
the law of thy mother ; bind them continually upon thine 
heart, and tie them about thy neck. Prov. vi. 20, 21. 
2. To fasten by looping or knotting: as, to tie 
a ribbon on one's arm ; hence, to fasten as if 
tied. 
What lioots it thee 
To shew the rusted buckle that did tie 
The garter of thy greatest grandslre's knee ? 
/:;.. ll.it! Satire*, IV. 111. 12. 
He tii 'I the ends into the nautical slipknot, and pro- 
nounced the thing complete. 
Doran, Annals of the Stage, II. 163. 
3. To fasten by tightening and knotting the 
strings of : as, to fie a shoe or a bonnet. 
Drawer, '/ my shoe, prithee : the new knot, as thou 
seest this. UeMer and Webster, Northward Ho, L 2. 
4. To form by looping and interlacing; knit: 
as, to in a knot. 
Again the hawthorn shall supply 
The garlands you delight to he. 
Scott, Mm inion. I., Int. 
5. To bind or unite securely ; specifically, to 
unite in marriage (colloq. in this use). 
And doe they not knowe that a Tragedie is tied to the 
lawes of Poeaie, and not of Historic ? 
Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrle. 
In bond of virtuous love together tied. Fair/ax. 
I heartily desire this courtesy, 
And would not be denied, t wait upon yon 
This day, to see you tied, then no more trouble you. 
Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, Iv. 1. 
6. To bind, restrict, limit, or confine; hold or 
restrain, as by authority or moral influence. 
Herewith hir swelling sobbe* 
Did Hi' hir long from talke. 
Oatcoigne, Phllomene (Steele Clas, etc., ed. Arlier, p. 99). 
I see you are tied to no particular employment. 
Krau. and Ft.. Scornful Lady, L 1. 
Do they think to bind me to live chute, sober, and 
temperately all days of my life? they may as soon tie an 
Englishman to live so. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Malta, r. 1. 
7. Iii liitildimj, to bind together two bodies 
by means of a piece of timber or metal. Se 
tiii. n.. "i. 8. Iii mimic, to unite or bind, as 
