tally board

A small board attached to the life-line thrown by means of a rocket-apparatus to ships wrecked or in danger, when the life-boat cannot reach them. "The sailors hauled the whip-line on board, and when the tally - board , on which the directions for the method of procedure are printed in English on one side and French on the other, was received, the captain attempted by the light of a lantern to read them."-Scribner's Magazine , Jan., 1880, p. 330. tally-shop, s. A shop or store at which goods are sold on the tally-system (q. v.). tally-system, tally-trade, 8. 1. A system of trade carried on in many large English towns, by which shopkeepers supply goods to their customers on credit, the latter agreeing to pay the price charged by certain weekly installments. Both parties keep books, in which are entered the particulars of the transaction and the payments of the installments. The prices charged are usually exorbitant, and the goods of an inferior quality. ( Eng.) 2. A system by which drapery goods are supplied to women, chiefly in country districts, and paid for by weekly installments. (See extract under TALLYMAN, 1.) ( Eng . ) tăl-lý (2), subst. [See def.] An abbreviation of Tally-ho (q. v.). "A shrill tally from above tells him all is right." - Field , Dec. 6, 1884. tally-ho, interj. & 8. [Norm. Fr. taillis auto the coppice.] The huntsman's cry to urge on his hounds. IMG:content-0790.png:[blocks in formation] *tâl-lý, adv. [Eng. tal (l); -ly .] Stoutly; exactingly.