| Tie (tie) |
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| Tie |
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Ties (#). [AS. t***emacr]ge, t(?)ge,
t***imacr]ge. ***radic]64. See Tie, v. t.] |
A knot; a fastening.
A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the
sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of
allegiance.
A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores,
etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any
contest, as a race.
A beam or rod for
holding two parts together] in railways, one of the transverse timbers
which support the track and keep it in place.
A line, usually straight, drawn
across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the
notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the
performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one;
a bind; a ligature.
Low shoes fastened with
lacings.
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To
fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.
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.
To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
To hold or constrain by authority or moral
influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to
confine.
To unite, as notes, by a cross
line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be
even with.
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To make a tie; to make an
equal score.
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