Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[=e]ge, t?ge, t[=i]ge.
   [root]64. See {Tie}, v. t.]
   1. A knot; a fastening.

   2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties
      of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.

            No distance breaks the tie of blood.  --Young.

   3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young.

   4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which
      prevents either party from being victorious; equality in
      any contest, as a race.

   5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts
      together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which
      support the track and keep it in place.

   6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of
      notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes,
      signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united
      in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch
      are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature.

   7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings.

   {Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.