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† ˈcounterˌtally Obs.—0
[f. counter- 8 + tally after prec.]
The opposite half or part of a tally: = counter-stock.
1440Prompt. Parv. 99/1 Cowntyrtaly, anticopa. 1617Minsheu Ductor, A Countertaile or Countertallie, or tallie to confirme or confute another tallie..because it is a piece of wood which the one partie keepeth, that is cut off from another peece that the other partie keepeth: and so when both parties meet with their tallies, they score vp the number of that which is deliuered and receiued, by cutting a notch with a knife. [Hence in subsequent Dicts.] |