the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye1748, David Hume, Enquiry concerning Human Understanding., Section 3. § 6:
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Nautical, Transport 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.
tye
noun
Etymology Inherited from Middle English teye (“chest, coffer”), from a combination of Old English tēah and Old French teie (both "chest").
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[…]1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis:
tye
noun
Etymology 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”).