English Dictionary

tye

noun

(mining) A trough for washing ores. / (Britain) A patch of common land, often a village green.

The miners used a tye to wash the ores.

意味（1）

(mining) A trough for washing ores.

But if each Ore is of equal gravit , and I apprehend some poor Tin Ore, which they call dry for Metal, may be less ponderous than Copper Ore) if the tye will not separate them, they should be first cleansed[…]

意味（2）

(Britain) A patch of common land, often a village green.