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Tie
(Tie), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tied (Obs. Tight ); p. pr. & vb. n. Tying ] [OE. tien, teyen, AS. tigan,
tiégan, fr. teág, teáh, a rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. teón to draw, to pull. See Tug, v. 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
(Tie), v. i. To make a tie; to make an equal score.
Tiebar
(Tie"bar`) n. A flat bar used as a tie.
Tiebeam
(Tie"beam`) n. (Arch.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters,
to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof. Gwilt.
Tier
(Ti"er) n. One who, or that which, ties.
Tier
(Ti"er), n. [See Tire a headdress.] A chold's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied
with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also tire.]
Tier
(Tier) n. [Perhaps fr. OF. tire, F. tire; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. ziari ornament, G. zier,
AS. tir glory, tiér row, rank. But cf. also F. tirer to draw, pull; of Teutonic origin. Cf. Attire, v. t., Tire a
headdress, but also Tirade.] A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or
higher than, another; as, a tier of seats in a theater.
Tiers of a cable, the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.
Tierce
(Tierce) n. [F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L. tertius the third; akin to tres three.
See Third, Three, and cf. Terce, Tercet, Tertiary.]
1. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of
forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.
2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions,
rice, etc., are packed for shipment.
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