different between tye vs pye

English

Etymology

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Noun

tye (plural tyes)

1. A knot; a tie.
2. (Britain) A patch of common land, often a village green.
3. (nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
4. (mining) A trough for washing ores.

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Translations

References

• 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 6.

  the events or actions, which the writer relates, must be connected together, by some bond or tye

Verb

tye (third-person singular simple present tyes, present participle tyeing, simple past and past participle tyed)

1. Obsolete form of tie.

Anagrams

• -ety, ety, tey, yet

Afrikaans

Noun

tye

1. plural of tyd

Sranan Tongo

Interjection

tye

1. oh

English

Noun

pye (plural pyes)

1. Archaic spelling of pie (pastry food).

Anagrams

• YEP, yep

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pied (“foot”). 

Noun

pye

1. foot

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin p?ca (“pie”), from Latin p?ca (“magpie”).

Alternative forms

• pie, peye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?(?)/

Noun

pye (plural pyes)

2. pie (pastry dish)

Descendants

• English: pie
• Scots: pie
• Yola: pee

References

• “p?(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.

Etymology 2

From Old French pie, from Latin p?ca (“magpie”).

Alternative forms

• pie, peye, py, pi?e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?(?)/

Noun

pye (plural pyes)

2. magpie (bird in the family Corvidae)
3. Someone who is cunning or wily.

Descendants

• English: pie

References

• “p?(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.