tether (terHer)

t. [ The Links of th' holy Chain which tethers The many Members of the World to get hers. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 2. And, it was said, tethered his horse nightly among the graves in the church-yard. Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 444. or pin to which a tether is fastened. His teeth they were like tether sticks. Kempy Kaye (Child's Ballads, VIII. 140). Tethyidæ (te-th