▪ I. tying, vbl. n.1
(ˈtaɪɪŋ)
[f. tie v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb tie in various senses; fastening with a cord or string; connexion, binding, etc. Also attrib.
| 1480 Wardr. Acc. Edw. IV (1830) 123 For vj teyng haltres, price the pece xvj d. 1505 Sel. Cases Crt. Star Chamb. (Selden) 219 The kinges leege people..att ther pleasur take ther tying in the seide streme and on ther land adioyning. 1651 Fuller's Abel Rediv., Melancthon (1867) I. 279 It was a tying void of sense and reason, to yield a subscription unto..things which..he did neither know nor understand. 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 89, I was still sore from the tyings and the bruises which I had received. 1809 Med. Jrnl. XXI. 424 When..ulceration takes place after the tying of an artery. 1833 Loudon Encycl. Archit. §16 Cow-house, with a tying-post and trough for food. 1906 Macm. Mag. Apr. 447 A March brown [angling fly]..of the popular local tying. |
2. concr. Something used for tying; something that ties, binds, or connects; a tie. ? Obs.
| 1548 Udall Erasm. Par. Luke i. 27 By and by..was the tying of his tounge looced. 1608 Topsell Serpents (1658) 652 A short stalk or tying, by which the Comb [in a wasps' nest]..is fastened..to the earth, or some tree. 1844 N. Paterson Manse Gard. 119 The paper may be kept in its place by pins, or a tying of twine. |
▪ II. tying, vbl. n.2
see tye v.
▪ III. ˈtying, ppl. a.
[f. tie v. + -ing2.]
That ties: see the verb.
In some of the quots. this may be the vbl. n. used attrib.
| 1552 Huloet, Tiynge bonde, ligamentum. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 261/2 Tying course, [the bricks] as cover the top of the Arch. 1781 P. Beckford Hunting xx. 268 Old tyeing hounds..are..contrary to the true spirit of fox-hunting..continually bringing the pack back again. 1826 Sporting Mag. XVII. 233 Like unto the tying beagle which dwells upon the stale scent. 1827 Syd. Smith in Edin. Rev. XLV. 429 A tying-up..action. 1901 J. Black's Illustr. Carp. & Build., Home Handicr. 61 Mortised through the tying rails. |