tye
/tˈaɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
name
A ghost town in King County, Washington, United States, presumably named after the Tye River, named after W. H. Tye. Renamed from Wellington in 1910 after an avalanche disaster.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye"
- "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[…]"
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: teye, tēah, teie, tīh, *tīh
Usage
- Obsolete
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable