Meaning of tye | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A trough for washing ores.
3. A patch of common land, often a village green.
   British
4. A city in Taylor County, Texas, United States, named after John P. Tye.
   countable, uncountable
5. 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.
6. A ghost town in King County, Washington, United States, presumably named after the Tye River, named after W. H. Tye. Renamed from Wellington in 1910 after an avalanche disaster.
   countable, uncountable
7. A hamlet on Hayling Island, Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7302).
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye”

“But if each Ore is of equal gravit , and I apprehend some poor Tin Ore, which they call dry for Metal, may be less ponderous than Copper Ore) if the tye will not separate them, they should be first cleansed[…]”

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