| 单词 | tallystick |
| 释义 | > as lemmastally-stick tally-stick n. tally-stick tally-stick n. a stick used as or like a tally (sense 1). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > tally or reckoning stick stick?c1430 tallyc1440 score1565 nick-stick1658 tally-stick1830 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > tally tailstick1235 taila1325 white stick?c1430 senyec1440 tallyc1440 chalka1529 tally-stick1830 tally-board1849 chalk-score1867 1830 Virginia Lit. Museum 27 Jan. 526/2 A ‘negro boy, with a talley stick was a statesman complete in his school’. a1861 T. Winthrop Canoe & Saddle (1883) vii. 153 She could not tell how many [years], having dropped her tally-stick in the fire..that very day. 1895 W. J. Hoffman Beginnings of Writing 140 Several tribes of Indians, in California, employed a variety of tallysticks to record transactions in business. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 49 They hopefully notched away the moons on their tally~sticks. < as lemmas |
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