Tal"ly (?), n.; pl.
Tallies (#). [OE. taile, taille, F.
taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but
influenced probably by taillé, p. p. of tailler. See
Tailor, and cf. Tail a limitation, Taille,
Tallage.] 1. Originally, a piece of wood on
which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two
books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were
kept.
&fist; In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to
have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a
score or notch, on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the
seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of
writing, this, or something like it, was the only method of keeping
accounts; and tallies were received as evidence in courts of
justice. In the English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part
being kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the creditor in lieu
of an obligation for money lent to government.
2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or
marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in
duplicate.
3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a
mate.
They were framed the tallies for each
other.
Dryden.
4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally;
as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
5. A tally shop. See Tally shop,
below.
Tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles are
sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding
books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the
counter tally, kept by the seller, and the payments being made
weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called
tally trade. Eng. Encyc. -- To strike
tallies, to act in correspondence, or alike. [Obs.]
Fuller.
Tal"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Tallied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tallying.]
[Cf. F. tialler to cut. See Tally, n.]
1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make
to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
They are not so well tallied to the present
juncture.
Pope.
2. (Naut.) To check off, as parcels of
freight going inboard or outboard. W. C. Russell.
Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail
together.
Tal"ly (?), v. i. 1. To
be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the
channel.
Addison.
Your idea . . . tallies exactly with
mine.
Walpole.
2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally
in a game.
Tally on (Naut.), to man a rope for
hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.
Tal"ly (?), adv. [See Tall,
a.] Stoutly; with spirit. [Obs.] Beau. &
Fl.
Tal"ly (?), n.; pl.
Tallies (#). [OE. taile, taille, F.
taille a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but
influenced probably by taillé, p. p. of tailler. See
Tailor, and cf. Tail a limitation, Taille,
Tallage.] 1. Originally, a piece of wood on
which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two
books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were
kept.
&fist; In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for traders to
have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two parts, and to mark with a
score or notch, on each, the number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the
seller keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before the use of
writing, this, or something like it, was the only method of keeping
accounts; and tallies were received as evidence in courts of
justice. In the English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part
being kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the creditor in lieu
of an obligation for money lent to government.
2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or
marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in
duplicate.
3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a
mate.
They were framed the tallies for each
other.
Dryden.
4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally;
as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
5. A tally shop. See Tally shop,
below.
Tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles are
sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding
books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the
counter tally, kept by the seller, and the payments being made
weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called
tally trade. Eng. Encyc. -- To strike
tallies, to act in correspondence, or alike. [Obs.]
Fuller.
Tal"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Tallied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tallying.]
[Cf. F. tialler to cut. See Tally, n.]
1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make
to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
They are not so well tallied to the present
juncture.
Pope.
2. (Naut.) To check off, as parcels of
freight going inboard or outboard. W. C. Russell.
Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail
together.
Tal"ly (?), v. i. 1. To
be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the
channel.
Addison.
Your idea . . . tallies exactly with
mine.
Walpole.
2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally
in a game.
Tally on (Naut.), to man a rope for
hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.
Tal"ly (?), adv. [See Tall,
a.] Stoutly; with spirit. [Obs.] Beau. &
Fl.
