A runner of thick rope or chain, which forms part of the purchase used for hoisting the top-sail and top-gallant yards.
·noun A knot; a tie. II. Tye ·noun A trough for washing ores. III. Tye ·vt ·see <<Tie>>, the prope...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A neckcloth. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See tye. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A rope rove through a sheave or block on the fore-topmast head, for hoisting the jib. ...
The block on the yard through which the tye is rove, and passes on to be secured at the mast-head. T...
Mutual obligation and no favour; as in the case of the tie-mate, the comrade who, in the days of lon...