tidytips (tiditips)

A Californian composite plant, Layia (Callichroa) platy glo a: a showy plant with bright-yellow rays, frequently cultivated as a half-hardy annual. tiel (tī), v.; pret. and pp. tied, ppr. tying. [Early mod. E. also tye; dial. also tee; Ther-with the i drough theire swerdes oute and wente toward the river that ran vnder the gardin, where the i hadde a barge i - teyed where-in the i were come in to the gardin. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 464. And thereunto a great long chaine he tight , With which he drew him forth, even in his own despight. Spenser, F. Q., VI. xii. 34. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother; bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Prov. vi. 20, 21. 2. To fasten by looping or knotting: as, to tie a ribbon on one's arm; hence, to fasten as if tied. What boots it thee To shew the rusted buckle that did tie The garter of thy greatest grandsire's knee? Bp. Hall, Satires, IV. iii. 12. He tied the ends into the nautical slip-knot, and pronounced the thing complete. Doran , Annals of the Stage, II. 163. 3. To fasten by tightening and knotting the strings of: as, to tie a shoe or a bonnet. Drawer, tie my shoe, prithee; the new knot, as thou seest this. Dekker and Webster , Northward Ho, i. 2. 4. To form by looping and interlacing; knit: as, to tie a knot. Again the hawthorn shall supply The garlands you delight to tie . Scott , Marmion, i., Int. 5. To bind or unite securely; specifically, to unite in marriage (colloq. in this use). And doe they not knowe that a Tragedie is tied to the lawes of Poesie, and not of Historie? Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. Fairfax . In bond of virtuous love together tied . I heartily desire this courtesy, And would not be denied, to wait upon you This day, to see you tied , then no more trouble you. Fletcher, Wild goose Chase, iv. 1. 6. To bind, restrict, limit, or confine; hold or restrain, as by authority or moral influence. Herewith hir swelling sobbes Did tie hir tong from talke. Gas coigne, Philomene (Steele Glas, etc., ed. Arber, p. 99). I see you are tied to no particular employment. Beau . and Fl . , Scornful Lady, i. 1. Do they think to bind me to live chaste, sober, and temperately all days of my life? they may as soon tie an English man to live so. Beau . and Fl ., Knight of Malta, v. 1. 7. In building , to bind together two bodies by means of a piece of timber or metal. See tiel, n., 5.-8. In music , to unite or bind, as tie notes, by a tie. See tiel, n., 8.-9. To supply with ties or sleepers, as the road-bed of a railway. The track was solid, evenly graded, heavily tied , well aligned, and the cars ran over it with no more swing and bounce than on an old road. Harper's Mag ., LXXVI. 566. 10. To make the same score as; equal in a score or contest: as, A tied B at checkers.11. In surg., to secure (a vein or an artery) with a ligature, so as to prevent lo of blood in case the ve el has been ruptured or severed, or to check the flow of blood through it in some special circumstances; ligate. - Tied at the elbow. See the quotation. The feet are turned out, and then there is a want of liberty in the play of the whole shoulder, because the elbow rubs against the ribs, and interferes with the action. This is called being tied at the elbow , and is most carefully to be avoided in selecting the greyhound, as well as all other Dogs of Great Britain and America , p. 45. breeds. To be tied to a woman's apron-strings. See apron string. To tie a fly. See fly2. - To tie down. (a) To fasten so as to prevent from rising. (b) To restrain; confine; hinder from action. 6332 of forms. Also called sleeper or cro - sleeper. 7. Naut.: (a) That part of the topsail-or topgallant-halyards which is fast to the yard and pa es through a sheave-hole in the mast or through a tie-block at the masthead. (b) A mooring-bridle.-8. In musical notation, a curve above or below two notes on the same degree which are to be performed continuously, as if but one; a bind or ligature. The following are examples: Ties are used especially to connect notes that lie in different measures, or which it is rhythmically important to keep separate to the eye. They are not to be confused with slurs. 9. A state of equality among competing or opposed parties, as when two candidates receive an equal number of votes, rival marksmen score a like number of points, or two or more racers reach the winning-post at the same time, so that neither party can be declared victorious; a contest in which two or more competitors are The mind should, by several rules, be tied down to this, equally succe ful. at first, uneasy task; use will give facility. Locke. To tie hand and foot. See to bind hand and foot, under hand. To tie neck and heels. See neck. To tie up. (a) To bind or fasten securely: as, to tie up a bundle. (6) To wrap up; protect with wrappings. Look to your cloaks, and tie up your little throats; for, I tell you, the great baize will soon fall down. Thackeray , Philip, xlii. (c) To confine; restrain; hamper in or hinder from motion or action. Joy hath tied my tongue up . Fletcher (and another ), Love's Cure, i. 3. (d) To place or invest in such a way as to render unavailable: as, to have one's money tied up in real estate. She is close of her money;.. she has tied up every shilling of it, and only allows me [her husband) half a crown a week for pocket-money. Thackeray, Great Hoggarty Diamond, xiii. (e) To give, devise, or bequeath in such a way and under such conditions as to prevent sale, or alienation from the person or purpose intended: as, to tie up an estate. - Το tie with St. Mary's knott. See knot i. II. in trans. To make a tie with another or others in some contest; score the same num See ride . ber of points, runs, or the like. - To ride and tie. tiel (ti), n. [Early mod. E. also tye; G. tau ) = Icel. taug, a rope), Great formal wigs with a tie behind. Dickens , Pickwick, xlix. The government count on the seat, though with the new registration 'tis nearly a tie . If we had a good candidate we could win. Disraeli, Coningsby, viii. 3. Rand had one majority on the first ballot, and I counted him out. I made it a tie by swallowing one of his ballots. The Century, XXXVIII. 40. 10. A weavers' pattern. A weaver's pocket-book of that period.. was an ordinary long-shaped pocket-book, and contained about eighty different ties or patterns. A. Barlow , Weaving, p. 314. 11. Same as lace, 2.-12. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings. - Axle-clip tie. See axle - clip. Book of ties. See book. - Diagonal tie. See angle -brace (a).- Family tie. See family. - Stay-end tie. See stayend.- To play or shoot off a tie, to go through a second contest or match (the first being indecisive), in order to decide who is to be the winner. The ties , as you call them, were shot off before two o'clock. Whyte Melville, Good for Nothing, i. 1.