Bale tie, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.
Tie, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tied (?) (Obs. Tight (&?;)); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tying (?).] [OE. ti&?;en, teyen, AS. tgan, tiégan, fr. teág, teáh, a
rope; akin to Icel. taug, and AS. teón to draw, to pull. See Tug, v.
t., and cf. Tow to drag.] 1. To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to
bind. "Tie the kine to the cart." 1 Sam. vi. 7.
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 form, as a knot, by interlacing or complicating a cord; also, to
interlace, or form a knot in; as, to tie a cord to a tree; to knit; to
knot. "We do not tie this knot with an intention to puzzle the
argument." Bp. Burnet.