Tye
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tye is a noun meaning (mining) A trough for washing ores.
Meaning
(mining) A trough for washing ores.
More Meanings
- (British) A patch of common land, often a village green.
- (nautical) 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.
- Obsolete form of tie.
Example Sentences
the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye
Nine hundred of the ſtrongeſt Men were employed to draw up theſe Cords by many Pulleys faſtned on the Poles, and thus, in leſs than three Hours, I was raiſed and flung into the Engine, and there tyed faſt.
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[…]
Word Forms
- tyes
- tyeing
- tyed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include murray, yard-rope, top-chain, tether, tack, lift.
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