Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tally on

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables: tal-ly on
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To man a rope for hauling, the sailors standing in a line (also called a tail)

Archaic

verb

To dovetail together.

Example Sentences

"Our watch haul out the fore, and lay aloft and put two reefs into it, and reef the foresail, and race with the starboard watch, to see which will mast-head its topsail first. All hands tally-on to the main tack, and while some are furling the jib, and hoisting the staysail, we mizen-topmen double-reef the mizen topsail and hoist it up."
"“Now then — to the main topsail now! Tally on to that gantline. Don't stand about there!”"
"Make fast a rope at bow and at stern! Good! Every man for himself! Up, thou! And thou! Up go we all! Come, tally on and hoist the boat on board!"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

tallies on (present, singular) tallying on (participle, present) tallied on (participle, past) tallied on (past)

Questions

What does tally on mean?: To man a rope for hauling, the sailors standing in a line (also called a tail)

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