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   Tie, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tied (?) (Obs. Tight ()); p. pr. & vb. n. Tying (?).] [OE. tien, teyen, AS. tīgan, 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.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
   
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   3. To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.
   
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   In bond of virtuous love together tied. Fairfax.
   
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   4. To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
   
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   Not tied to rules of policy, you find
   
   Revenge less sweet than a forgiving mind. Dryden.
   
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   5. (Mus.) To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
   
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   6. To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with.
   
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   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.
   
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   Tight (tīt), obs. p. p. of Tie.  Spenser.
   
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   Tight, a. [Compar. Tighter (tītˈẽr); superl. Tightest.] [OE. tight, thiht; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. þēttr, Dan. tæt, Sw. tät: akin to D. & G. dicht thick, tight, and perhaps to E. thee to thrive, or to thick.  Cf. Taut.]
   1. Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open; as, “tight cloth; a tight knot.”
   
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   2. Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, “a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room”; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, “water-tight; air-tight.”
   
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   3. Fitting close, or too close, to the body; as, “a tight coat or other garment”.
   
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   4. Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
   
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   Clad very plain, but clean and tight. Evelyn.
   
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   I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight. Gay.
   
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   5. Close; parsimonious; saving; as, “a man tight in his dealings”. [Colloq.]
   
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   6. Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out.
   
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   7. Handy; adroit; brisk. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   8. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang]
   
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   9. (Com.) Pressing; stringent; not easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market.  Cf. Easy, 7.
   
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   Tight, v. t. To tighten. [Obs.]
   
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