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† ˈtidife, -ive Obs. rare. Also 4 tydif(e, tydyf, tideue, ti-, tydyue. [Origin and sense obscure: cf. also tydie, and tidive = tidy a.] Name of some small bird. (Swainson, after Skinner, suggests the Blue titmouse.)c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 154 And thoo [birds] that hadde doon vnkyndenesse As dooth the ...
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tytyfer
† ˈtytyfer Obs. Also 6 tedyffre. [Origin obscure: perh. akin to tidife.] The name of some small bird.c 1500 Parl. Byrdes 193 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 177 The Tytyffer. I say, sayd the Tytyfer, we kentysshe men [Lansdowne MS., Syth, quod the Tedyffre with the Norfolk men], We may not geue the Crow a penn...
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tydie
▪ I. † tydie Obs. rare—1. The name of some small bird; ? = tidife.1612 Drayton Poly-olb. xiii. 79 And of these chaunting fowls, the goldfinch not behind, That hath so many sorts descending from her kind. The tydie for her notes as delicate as they.▪ II. tydie obs. f. tidy.
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