ORDER (tidiness)
ADJECTIVES
1300 — TIFT prepared, ready; set in order; provided, furnished → Sc. obs.
..L16 — LIKE MAGNIFICAT AT MATINS out of order → Brit. sl.
1685 — TIGHT tidy, neat, in good order → Sc.
1703 — MENSEFUL tidy, clean, neat; in good order → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C — BUNG UP AND BILGE FREE in proper order → US sl.
1801 — UNSNOD untidy, out of order → Sc. obs.
1820 — ORDONNANT that arranges, or puts in order
1826 — SHIPSHAPE AND BRISTOL FASHION in good order
1838 — REDD-UP tidy, neat, put in order → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1839 — O.K. ↔ OKAY in order; quite satisfactory or acceptable; very good; splendid → colloq.
1847 — OUT OF THE GATHERS out of order; in distressed circumstances
.M19 — ALL SERENE ↔ ALL SERENO all in order, satisfactory → sl.
1862 — CRANKY out of order, working badly, in bad repair
1895 — FAIR clean, tidy, set in order; level, even → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 — CROOK of things: bad inferior, out of order, unsatisfactory; unpleasant, dreadful → Aust. & NZ
..L19 — ALL SIGARNEO all in order, everything is as it should be → sl.
..L19 — ALL SIGARNO all in order, everything is as it should be → sl.
..L19 — ALL SIR GARNET all in order, everything is as it should be → sl.
..L19 — ALL SIR GARNY all in order, everything is as it should be → sl.
..L19 — DO-LALLY ↔ DOOLALLY malfunctioning, out of order → sl., orig. military
1910 — KAPUT out of order, utterly ruined or exhausted; broken → sl.
1910 — KAYO ↔ K.O. all right, in order → US sl.
1920 — HAYWIRE out of order, proper condition, or control; awry, impaired → Amer. sl.
1935 — WRAPPED ↔ WRAPPED-UP carefully arranged; carefully prepared; entirely in order → Services’ usage
1940 — BUTTONED in order, sorted out; arranged successfully → sl.
1941 — ONKUS disordered; out of order → Aust. sl.
1942 — FINE AS A FROG’S HAIR in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — FINE AS A FROG’S HAIR SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — FINE AS SILK in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — FIT AS A FROG’S HAIR in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — FIT AS A FROG’S HAIR SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HITTING ON ALL FOUR in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HITTING ON ALL SIX in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — HUNKY in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — RIGHT in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — RIGHT SIDE UP in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SOUND AS A WHISTLE in order; in good condition → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SWIMMING in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — US not in working order, unserviceable, useless → UK military usage
1942 — RAZOR SHARP in order; in good condition → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1943 — PUCKAROO ↔ PUCKEROO ↔ PUKAROO ↔ PUKARU useless, broken, out of order; destroyed, finished → NZ sl.
1960 — ALL BLOWED UP out of order or humour → Amer. dial.
1960 — MISCOMPUT out of order → Amer. dial.
1965 — TORE-UP rundown, damaged, out of order → Amer. dial.
1965 — TORN-UP rundown, damaged, out of order → Amer. dial.
1970 — BLINKED OUT out of order, broken down → Amer. dial.
1980 — BODGY inferior, malfunctioning, out of order → UK sl.
1980 — UP THE WOP broken, out of order → NZ sl.
1990 — WONKY out of order; needing repair → Amer. sl.
1995 — ON THE FRITZ out of order → US sl. (Bk.)
1997 — UNFUCKED having order bought out of chaos → US sl.
1999 — ONKUS out of order → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1400 — SIZE the established order of things → obs.
1717 — TIFT condition, order; condition of mind, mood, humour → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1867 — MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom → Eng. dial.
1887 — TED a tidying up, sorting out, setting to rights; the act of arranging or putting in order → Sc.
1891 — MENSEFULNESS tidiness, order → Eng. dial.
1892 — REDD the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1892 — REDMENT the act of putting in order, a settlement → Sc.
..20C — ALAN BORDER order → Brit. rhyming sl.
1904 — RED-UP the act of setting in order, tidying, cleaning; arrangement, settlement → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — AMPLE-ORDER perfect order and condition → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TILTER condition, plight; order → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — APPLE PIE ORDER perfect orderliness → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
..L17 — ALL’S BOWMAN all’s safe, everything is in order → sl.
VERBS
1290 — ORDAIN to arrange in rows or ranks, or other regular order; esp. to draw up in order of battle; to set in array; to array, to marshal, to order → obs.
1300 — CAST to put into shape, dispose, arrange, or order; to lay out in order, to plan, to devise → obs.
1300 — SKIFT to arrange, devise, manage, or order something → obs.
1300 — TIFF to put in order, to arrange; to prepare, to make, to construct → obs.
1300 — TIFT to prepare, to make ready, to put in order; to dress → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1310 — RAIL to set in order or array; to arrange; to regulate → obs.
1330 — BUSK to prepare, to make or get ready; to put in order; to array
1330 — BUSS to prepare, to make or get ready; to put in order, to array
1375 — ADDRESS to put things ‘straight’ or ‘to rights’; to set in order; to order, to arrange → obs.
1526 — ORDER to be in order or readiness; to make ready, to prepare → obs.
1552 — SUIT to arrange in a set, sequence, or series; to set in due order, to sort out → obs.
..L16 — SING MAGNIFICAT AT MATINS to do things out of order → Brit. colloq.
1624 — ACCOMMODATE to fit or equip a thing for use; to put in order; hence, to repair, to refit, to mend → obs.
1671 — REMBLE ↔ REMLE ↔ REMMEL to remove, esp. to move with violence; to change one’s residence; to set in order by removing things to their proper place → Eng. dial.
1678 — DIGHT to prepare, to put in order, to tidy, to clean; to sweep, to dust → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1787 — REDD to set in order, to arrange; to prepare; to tidy, to clean up → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1810 — WIND A RAVELLED HASP to restore order; to put things right → Sc.
1812 — QUEER to spoil, to put out of order → sl.
1814 — TARGE to keep in strict order, to look after strictly → Sc.
1820 — DAIKER to set in order → Sc.
1842 — REDD UP ↔ RED UP to put in order, to tidy up; to clean up an apartment or house → Amer. dial.
1864 — READY UP to tidy up, to make neat, to put in order → Amer. dial.
1871 — TED to spread out in an orderly manner, to arrange in order, to make tidy → Sc.
1882 — RID to tidy, to put in order, to clean up → Eng. dial.
1889 — FACULATE to arrange, to put in order → Amer. dial.
1889 — MENSEN UP to tidy, to make clean and neat, to put in order → Eng. dial.
1895 — SIDE UP vb. to clean up; to put in order → Amer. dial.
1895 — TIGHT to put in order; to make tidy or neat → Eng. dial.
1900 — FARM to cleanse, to clean out, to put in order; to empty → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C — GET TOGETHER to put in order; to organize; to harmonize → sl.
1903 — SET TO RIGHTS to put in order → sl. (Bk.)
1905 — HACKLE to equip, get ready, put in order → Eng, dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIGHT UP to put in order; to tidy; to dress oneself neatly and tidily → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1923 — BLOW UP to be out of order; to fail, to collapse → Amer. dial.
1936 — SIDEN to straighten up or tidy a table or room, not a thorough cleaning; to put in order → Amer. dial.
1964 — RAMSHACK to wreck; to put out of shape or order → Amer. dial.
1975 — TEAKETTLE UP to tidy, to put in order → Amer. dial.
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