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p. pr. of Tie.

The act of making empty. Shak.

Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. -- Pit"y*ing*ly, adv.

The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached. [R.]

as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail. Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. Donne.

To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.

bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.

To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees.

uth of a shaft. Raymond. Collar beam (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; -- also, called simply collar. -- Collar of brawn, the quantity of brawn bound up in one parcel. [Eng.] Johnson. -- Collar day, a day of great ceremony at the English court, when persons, who…

The act of depleting or emptying.

To drain by emptying; to suck dry. Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. Wiseman.

The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty. [R.] Bailey.

Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic. -- n. (Med.)

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically:

The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

n. [L. exinanitio.] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation. [Obs.] Fastings to the exinanition of spirits. Jer. Taylor.

lapping the ends so that the one cut surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying or otherwise. -- Whip grafting, tongue grafting, the same as splice grafting, except that a cleft or slit is made in the end of both scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and in the middle of the sloping surface, f…

rap or cord. Especially: (a) A rope or strap, with or without a headstall, for leading or tying a horse. (b) A rope for hanging malefactors; a noose. Shak. No man e'er felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law. Trumbull.

To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens

To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying. A great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts x. 11. When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows. Shak.