Add to ORKGtally n...one of the crew that has climbed up begins to lay [the seal pelts] one by one, fur downward, on the barrow; singing out, as he lays down each, 'One-two-three- four-tally,' I at each one making a mark on my paper....instead of the word 'five," the word 'tally' is used, for then I am to make a dia- gonal line across the four marks, and this formula is called "a tally.'PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story April 1959Used I and SupUsed I and SupUsed I[see also 'nitches'
tally 1 nNoun; vb. Count in groups of five by marking 4 vertical strokes and the fifth diagonally a...
tally nFor every seal that the tally man gave...PRINTED ITEM G.M. StoryAugust 1960Used I and SupNot...
tally 1 nTell the _Florizel_ to pick up any of our pans they come across, and tell 'em to keep a ta...
barrow1 (n)...one of the crew that has climbed up begins to lay [the seal pelts] one by one,fur ...
tally n. . . an extra pelt being added to each twenty sculps to complete a sealing "tally".PRINTED...
tally nThe tallymen would tally it doen and the pelts would be wheeled away from the ship. (There ...
tally nAn' they wouldn't weight their fish puttin' it 'board.They always counted their fish - so ...
tally vTo note (one's number of seals) on a tally stick.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story July 1959...
tally nFor each tub salted a stroke would be marked on the stage wall. When five tubs had been dip...
tally nThe tallyman cut a notch in the stick--hung from a nail in the mast--for every five pelts, ...
nitchMETHOD OF TALLYING. At Twillingate in the old days when a lot of people couldn't write, anyo...
nitchMETHOD OF TALLYING. At Twillingate in the old days when a lot of people couldn't write, anyo...
tally 1 nSmall wooden stick on which notches are cut to mark number (e.g. of seals) counted.G.M. St...
tally n" Keeping _Tally_" When it came time to "take up" the potatoes, my grandfather alw...
tally vThe men had to discharge them [seals] when they come in, they had to throw them in a gig,...
tally 1 nNoun; vb. Count in groups of five by marking 4 vertical strokes and the fifth diagonally a...
tally nFor every seal that the tally man gave...PRINTED ITEM G.M. StoryAugust 1960Used I and SupNot...
tally 1 nTell the _Florizel_ to pick up any of our pans they come across, and tell 'em to keep a ta...
barrow1 (n)...one of the crew that has climbed up begins to lay [the seal pelts] one by one,fur ...
tally n. . . an extra pelt being added to each twenty sculps to complete a sealing "tally".PRINTED...
tally nThe tallymen would tally it doen and the pelts would be wheeled away from the ship. (There ...
tally nAn' they wouldn't weight their fish puttin' it 'board.They always counted their fish - so ...
tally vTo note (one's number of seals) on a tally stick.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG.M. Story July 1959...
tally nFor each tub salted a stroke would be marked on the stage wall. When five tubs had been dip...
tally nThe tallyman cut a notch in the stick--hung from a nail in the mast--for every five pelts, ...
nitchMETHOD OF TALLYING. At Twillingate in the old days when a lot of people couldn't write, anyo...
nitchMETHOD OF TALLYING. At Twillingate in the old days when a lot of people couldn't write, anyo...
tally 1 nSmall wooden stick on which notches are cut to mark number (e.g. of seals) counted.G.M. St...
tally n" Keeping _Tally_" When it came time to "take up" the potatoes, my grandfather alw...
tally vThe men had to discharge them [seals] when they come in, they had to throw them in a gig,...
tally 1 nNoun; vb. Count in groups of five by marking 4 vertical strokes and the fifth diagonally a...
tally nFor every seal that the tally man gave...PRINTED ITEM G.M. StoryAugust 1960Used I and SupNot...
tally 1 nTell the _Florizel_ to pick up any of our pans they come across, and tell 'em to keep a ta...