English Dictionary: tallying | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tally \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. |