Usually means: Fabric used in ship rigging.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. tye: Merriam-Webster
  2. tye: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Tye, t'ye, tye: Wordnik
  4. Tye, t'ye, tye: Wiktionary
  5. Tye, tye: Dictionary.com
  6. Tye: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Tye: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. tye: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Tye: Rhymezone
  10. Tye: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. tye: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. tye: FreeDictionary.org
  13. tye: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. Tye: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. TYE: Acronym Finder
  3. TYE: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tye: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (tye)

noun:  (nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
noun:  (mining) A trough for washing ores.
noun:  (British) A patch of common land, often a village green.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A city in Taylor County, Texas, United States, named after John P. Tye.
noun:  A ghost town in King County, Washington, United States, presumably named after the Tye River, named after W. H. Tye. Renamed from Wellington in 1910 after an avalanche disaster.
noun:  A hamlet on Hayling Island, Havant borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7302).
noun:  Obsolete form of tie. [A knot; a fastening.]
verb:  Obsolete form of tie. [(transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.]

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