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countertally

noun

Etymology

From counter- + tally.

  1. derived from talea — “a cutting, rod, stick”
  2. derived from tallia
  3. derived from taille — “notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”
  4. derived from tallie
  5. inherited from talie
  6. prefixed as countertally — “counter + tally”

Definitions

  1. A portion of a tally stick, broken off so that its authenticity can later be confirmed by…

    A portion of a tally stick, broken off so that its authenticity can later be confirmed by aligning it with the other portion.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for countertally. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA