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tye.

Obsolete form of tie.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Obsolete form of tie.

    alt-of · obsolete
  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.

Where this word comes from

A variant of tie.

noun
  1. A trough for washing ores.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English teye (“chest, coffer”), from a combination of Old English tēah and Old French teie (both "chest").

noun
  1. A patch of common land, often a village green.

    UK
Where this word comes from

From Old English tīh (“plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīh. Cognate with Old Frisian ty (“thingstead”), Middle Low German tî, tigge, whence northern German Thie (“old thingstead, village square”).

verb
  1. Obsolete form of tie.

    alt-of · obsolete
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