Definition of "tye"

tye¹

noun
plural tyes
1. Obsolete form of tie.
  Quotations
  the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye
  1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding., Section 3. § 6
2. (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.

tye²

noun
plural tyes
1. (mining) A trough for washing ores.
  Quotations
  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 […]
  1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis

tye³

noun
plural tyes
1. (British) A patch of common land, often a village green.

tye⁴

verb
third-person singular simple present tyes, present participle tyeing, simple past and past participle tyed
1. Obsolete form of tie.
  Quotations
  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.
  1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 20