tye

== Translingual == === Symbol === tye (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kyenga. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Kyenga terms == English == === Etymology 1 === A variant of tie. ==== Noun ==== tye (plural tyes) Obsolete form of tie. (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. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle English teye (“chest, coffer”), from a combination of Old English tēah and Old French teie (both "chest"). ==== Noun ==== tye (plural tyes) (mining) A trough for washing ores. === Etymology 3 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== tye (plural tyes) (British) A patch of common land, often a village green. === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== tye (third-person singular simple present tyes, present participle tyeing, simple past and past participle tyed) Obsolete form of tie. === Anagrams === -ety, ety, tey, yet == Afrikaans == === Noun === tye plural of tyd (“time”) plural of ty (“tide”) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== tye alternative form of teye (“cord, chain”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== tye alternative form of teye (“chest, enclosure”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== tye alternative form of teyen == Sranan Tongo == === Interjection === tye oh