tally on

English

Verb

tally on (third-person singular simple present tallies on, present participle tallying on, simple past and past participle tallied on)

1. (nautical) To man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.
   • 1897, Joseph Conrad, The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, →OCLC:

     “Now then — to the main topsail now! Tally on to that gantline. Don't stand about there!”

2. (nautical) To dovetail together.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tally on”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• tonally