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Kye vs Tye - What's the difference?

kye | tye |

As nouns the difference between kye and tye

is that kye is irregular plural of cow while tye is a knot; a tie.

kye

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ky, kye, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(head)
  • (cow)
  • *1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 23:
  • *:devil the move would the factor at Meikle House make to […] mend the roof of the byre that leaked like a sieve on the head of Mistress Munro when she milked the kye on a stormy night.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Korean fundraising meeting.

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    tye

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a knot; a tie
  • (Sussex) a patch of common land, often a village green.
  • (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.
  • (mining) A trough for washing ores.
    • (Knight)

    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

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