'Tally on' definitions:

Definition of 'Tally on'

From: GCIDE
  • Tally \Tal"ly\, v. i.
  • 1. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match. [1913 Webster]
  • I found pieces of tiles that exactly tallied with the channel. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Your idea . . . tallies exactly with mine. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game. [1913 Webster]
  • Tally on (Naut.), to man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tally on'

From: GCIDE
  • Tally \Tal"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tallied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tallying.] [Cf. F. tialler to cut. See Tally, n.]
  • 1. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit. [1913 Webster]
  • They are not so well tallied to the present juncture. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Naut.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard. --W. C. Russell. [1913 Webster]
  • Tally on (Naut.), to dovetail together. [1913 Webster]