There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
TIDIES
Verb
tidies
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tidy
Anagrams
• distie, teiids
Source: Wiktionary
TIDY
Ti"dy, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The wren; -- called also tiddy. [Prov. Eng.] The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. Drayton.
Note: This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.
Ti"dy, a. [Compar. Tidier; superl. Tidiest.] Etym: [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.] 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.
Ti"dy, 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.
2. A child's pinafore. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Ti"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tidied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tidying.]
Definition: To put in proper order; to make neat; as, to tidy a room; to tidy one's dress.
Ti"dy, v. i.
Definition: To make things tidy. [Colloq.] I have tidied and tidied over and over again. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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