Tye
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
2. Bond; obligation, moral or legal; as the sacred
ties of friendship or of duty; the
ties of allegiance.
Tye
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. To bind; to
fasten with a band or cord and
knot.
2. My son, keep thy father's commandments-- bind them continually upon thine heart, and
tie them about thy neck.
Proverbs 6:1 .
3. To fold and make fast; as, to
tie a
knot.
5. We do not
tie this
knot with an intention to
puzzle the argument.
6. To
fasten; to hold; to unite so as not to be easily parted.
8. To
oblige; to
constrain; to restrain; to confine. People in their jealousy, may
tie the hands of their ministers and public agents, so as to prevent them from doing good.
9. Not
tied to rules of policy, you find
11. In music, to unite notes by a cross line, or by a curve line drawn over them.
12. To
tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action; as, to
tie up the tongue; to
tie up the hands.
13. To
tie down, to
fasten so as to prevent from rising.
14. To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.
Tye
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
2. A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a
tackle, by means of which the yard is
hoisted or lowered.
Tyed
[Participle passive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Bound; fastened with a
knot; confined; restrained; united, as notes.
