Tye

noun

1. An obsolete or archaic spelling of tie.
2. In mining, a kind of narrow buddle used with a quick current of water for roughly washing tin or lead ore.
3. An obsolete or archaic spelling of tie.
4. Nautical, the part of a topsail-halyard which passes through a block or sheave-hole at the masthead, and is attached to the yard.
5. To wash with the tye, as ore. Compare tye, n.