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.

To unite firmly; to fasten; to hold.

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.

To fasten with a band or cord and knot; to bind.

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.

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

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

A knot; a fastening.

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

Low shoes fastened with lacings.