An obsolete or archaic spelling of tie.n. An obsolete or archaic spelling of tie.n. Nautical, the part of a topsail-halyard which passes through a block or sheave-hole at the masthead, and is attached to the yard.n. In mining, a kind of narrow buddle used with a quick current of water for roughly washing tin or lead ore.To wash with the tye, as ore. Compare tye, n.