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Webster 1913 Edition


Tie

Tie

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Ties
(#)
.
[AS.
tēge
,
t[GREEK]ge
,
tīge
. √64. See
Tie
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
A knot; a fastening.
2.
A bond; an obligation, moral or legal;
as, the sacred
ties
of friendship or of duty; the
ties
of allegiance
.
No distance breaks the
tie
of blood.
Young.
3.
A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
Young.
4.
An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race.
5.
(Arch. & Engin.)
A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place.
6.
(Mus.)
A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.
7.
pl.
Low shoes fastened with lacings.
Bale tie
,
a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.

Tie

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tied
(
Obs
.
Tight
);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tying
.]
[OE.
ti[GREEK]en
,
teyen
, AS.
tīgan
,
tiégan
, fr.
teág
,
teáh
, a rope; akin to Icel.
taug
, and AS.
teón
to draw, to pull. See
Tug
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Tow
to drag.]
1.
To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
Tie the kine to the cart.”
1 Sam. vi. 7.
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and
tie
them about thy neck.
Prov. vi. 20,21.
2.
To form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to interlace, or form a knot in;
as, to
tie
a cord to a tree
; to knit; to knot.
“We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the argument.”
Bp. Burnet.
3.
To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
In bond of virtuous love together
tied
.
Fairfax.
4.
To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
Not
tied
to rules of policy, you find
Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind.
Dryden.
5.
(Mus.)
To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
6.
To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
To ride and tie
.
See under
Ride
.
To tie down
.
(a)
To fasten so as to prevent from rising.
(b)
To restrain; to confine; to hinder from action.
To tie up
,
to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or action.

Tie

,
Verb.
I.
To make a tie; to make an equal score.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tie

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Definition 2024


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Mandarin

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