tally

adv

Etymology: From Middle English tally, talliche, equivalent to tall + -ly.

1. In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

   “And you, Lodovick, / That stand so tally on your reputation, / You shall be he shall speak it.”

intj

Etymology: Clipping of tallyho.

1. Target sighted.

   “(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”

   “(Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.”

name

1. A male given name.
2. A female given name.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English talie, from Anglo-Norman tallie and Old French taille (“notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea (“a cutting, rod, stick”). Doublet of taille and talea.

1. Abbreviation of tally stick.
2. One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
3. Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.

   “Bulgaria, inevitably, raised the tempo in the opening moments of the second half and keeper Joe Hart was forced into his first meaningful action to block a deflected corner - but England were soon threatening to add to their goal tally.”

4. One thing made to suit another; a counterpart or match.

   “So paired, so suited in their minds and persons, That they were framed the tallies for each other.”

5. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
6. A tally shop.
7. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
8. A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.

   “But I’d advise thee t’ live tally for o that, if thou con mak it reet wi’ some owd damsel, ut does no’ care what folk say’n about owt o’th’sort.”

   “It is used in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, and, I dare say, various other counties. A tally-woman is the mistress of a married man, who is said to live tally with her.”

9. Five dozen bunches of turnips.

   “Then turnips isn't such good sale yet, but they may be soon, for winter's best for them. […] I buy turnips by the 'tally.' A tally's five dozen bunches.”

   “A bunch of Turnips, 12 and upwards. A bunch of Leeks, 6 and upwards. Bunches of Greens and of herbs vary much, according to kind, size, and season. Roll of Celery = 6, 8, to 12 heads. A tally = five dozen.”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English talien, from the noun (see above). Also from Medieval Latin taliare.

1. To count something.
2. To mathematically calculate a numeric result.
3. To record something by making marks.

   “The counter tallied the languages people were conversing in while walking along a set route that wove back and forth through the chairs and tables.”

4. To make things correspond or agree with each other.

   “I am sorry to find they are not so well tallied to the present juncture as I could wish.”

5. To keep score.
6. To correspond or agree.

   “In some I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel, and in others a little wall of bricks”

   “Your idea, my dear lord, of the abusive paragraph on you being conceived at Paris, and transmitted hither, tallies exactly with mine.”

7. To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

   “I loaded a cargo of potatoes in Dublin, for Bangor and Caernarvon, all in bags, for three different parties—viz. 13 tons delivered at Bangor, which was tallied in and out; remainder to Caernarvon, and was not tallied in, but tallied out.”