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Definition of Tallying
1. tally [v] - See also: tally
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tallying
Literary usage of Tallying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... Passing the song of the hermit bird and the tallying song of my soul, As low
and wailing, yet clear the notes, rising and falling, flooding the night, ..."
2. Lumber Manufacture in the Douglas Fir Region by Howard B. Oakleaf (1920)
"GRADING AND tallying When material which has not been previously graded is loaded,
an expert grader often inspects and tallies each piece. ..."
3. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1858)
"tallying marine Currents, 745.—A Cast of 7000 Fathoms in the Indian Ocean,
750.—Bottom from the Coral Sea, 751.—Microscopic Examination of ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"... France, bearing maries indicative of Ownership, tallying, or Gambling. By Prof.
T. RUPERT JONES, FRS, FGS The shape, ..."
5. A Treatise on Plane Surveying by Daniel Carhart (1893)
"If the line exceeds eleven chains in length, a transfer of pins from the hind
chainman to the head chainman is necessary; this is called tallying, ..."
6. Hand Book of Natural Gas by Henry Palmer Westcott (1920)
"tallying—All pipe should be tallied or measured when unloaded from the car.
In measuring plain end pipe, measure the full length, while in measuring screw ..."
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