To ride and tie. See under Ride. — To tie down. (a) To fasten so as to
prevent from rising. (b) To restrain; to confine; to hinder from
action. — To tie up, to confine; to restrain; to hinder from motion or
action.
Tie, v. i. To make a tie; to make an equal score.
Tie"bar` (?), n. A flat bar used as a tie.
Tie"beam` (?), n. (Arch.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a
pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall.
See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof. Gwilt.
Ti"er (?), n. One who, or that which, ties.
Ti"er, n. [See Tire a headdress.] A chold's apron covering the upper
part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. [Written also
tire.]
Tier (?), n. [Perhaps fr. OF. tire, F. tire; probably of Teutonic
origin; cf. OHG. ziar ornament, G. zier, AS. tr glory, tiér row, rank.
But cf. also F. tirer to draw, pull; of Teutonic origin. Cf. Attire, v.
t., Tire a headdress, but also Tirade.] A row or rank, especially one
of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another; as, a
tier of seats in a theater.
Tiers of a cable, the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid
one within another when coiled.
Tierce (?), n. [F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce, third, fr. L.
tertius the third; akin to tres three. See Third, Three, and cf. Terce,
Tercet, Tertiary.] 1. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that
is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine,
or thirty-five imperial, gallons.
2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a
puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for
shipment.