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Tallying

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.
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