A piece of wood used as a tally. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > tally or reckoning stick (5) stick?c1430 A piece of wood used as a tally. Obsolete. tallyc1440 A stick or rod of wood, usually squared, marked on one side with transverse notches representing the amount of a debt or payment. The rod being cleft… score1565 A notch cut in a stick or tally, used to mark numbers in keeping accounts; also the tally itself. nick-stick1658 A stick on which notches are made for purposes of accounting or reckoning; a tally stick; (also) a tally, an account. Also in figurative context. tally-stick1830 a stick used as or like a tally (sense 1). |
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