Tally

tal'lY, n. A piece of wood on which notches scores are cut, as the marks of number; esp. one of pieces with notches exactly corresponding; one thing made to suit or correspond to another; a match; mate. — v.t. [tallied (-lid), -lying.] To score with correspondent notches, make to correspond. (Na'ut.) To pull aft, as the sheets or lower corners of the main and foresail. — v. i. To be fitted, suit, correspond. — Tal'lym an, n.; pi- -men. One who keeps the tally; one who keeps a tally-shop. — Tal'ly-shop, n. A shop at which 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.