| 单词 | by tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby tail a. = tally n.1 1; hence, a score, an account. by tail, by means of tallies; on credit. (Cf. on tick.) Obsolete. [Compare Cotgrave ‘Taille..also, a tallie, or score kept on a peece of wood’.] ΘΚΠ 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 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > an account or reckoning accountc1300 taila1325 laya1400 tale1401 reckoningc1405 tailye1497 accounterc1503 lawing1535 note1587 post1604 chalking1613 tally1614 computus1631 tick1681 tab1889 slate1909 1114–18 Leges Henrici I. c. 56 §1 Si..controuersia oriatur, siue de taleis agatur siue de supplecione in ipso manerio. 1312 Rolls of Parl. I. 284/1 Les gentz ount diverses acquitaunces, les unes par tailes & par brefs, & les unes par diverses fraunchises.] a1325 tr. Estatuz del Eschekere in MS Rawl. B. 520 f. 36v Ȝif ani bringe taille ase of paie imad ate chekere. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iv. 45 He..bereþ awei my whete, And takeþ me bote a tayle [B. iv. 58 taile, taille] of Ten quarter oten. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 572 Wheither þt he payde, or took by taille [v.rr. taile, tayle]. 1443 King Henry VI Let. 17 Aug. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 81 Ther shall be made and delivered..sufficient assignement for your repaiement therof by tailles to be rered at the said Eschequier. ?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 61 The Stoke of the Taill to be delyveret to the Brewar ande the Swatche to the Butler. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 184 Vnes taylles, a payre of taylles, suche as folke use to score upon for rekennyng. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 644/1 I nycke, I make nyckes on a tayle, or on a stycke, je oche. 1556 J. Withals Short Dict. (new ed.) sig. Qiij/1 A Score or taile to marke the debte vpōn, tessera, vel, tessella. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Sss1 Taile in the other signification, is that which we vulgarly call a Tallie,..a clouen peece of wood to nick vp an accoumpt vpon. 1647 City-law Guild-Hall London 49 A Taile of debt ensealed by usage of the city, is as strong as an obligation. 1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica i. i. i. i. 2 These were the Tailles (as I may so say) by which they marked..the Signal Occurrences of their Life. < as lemmas |
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