Vocabulary : Tidy to Tierce

Tidy : The wren; -- called also tiddy. ;; Being in proper time; timely; seasonable; favorable; as, tidy weather. ;; 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 cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like. ;; A child's pinafore. ;; To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress. ;; To make things tidy.
Tidying : of Tidy
Tidytips : A California composite plant (Layia platyglossa), the flower of which has yellow rays tipped with white.
Tie : A knot; a fastening. ;; A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. ;; A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. ;; An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race. ;; A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. ;; A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature. ;; Low shoes fastened with lacings. ;; To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind. ;; To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to knot. ;; To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold. ;; To hold or constr
Tiebar : A flat bar used as a tie.

Tiebeam : A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof.
Tied : of Tie
Tienda : In Cuba, Mexico, etc., a booth, stall, or shop where merchandise is sold.
Tier : One who, or that which, ties. ;; A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. ;; A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.
Tierce : A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons. ;; A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment. ;; The third tone of the scale. See Mediant. ;; A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. ;; A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward. ;; The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour. ;; Divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; -- said of an escutcheon.