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Allies (gcide) | Ally \Al*ly"\, n.; pl. Allies. [See Ally, v.]
1. A relative; a kinsman. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually
applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
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The English soldiers and their French allies.
--Macaulay.
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3. Anything associated with another as a helper; an
auxiliary.
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Science, instead of being the enemy of religion,
becomes its ally. --Buckle.
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4. Anything akin to another by structure, etc.
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allies (wn) | Allies
n 1: the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War
II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter
of the United Nations in 1945
2: in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and
Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them
in opposing the Central Powers
3: an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common
enemy |
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rallies (encz) | rallies,manifestace pl. Zdeněk Brožrallies,sjednocuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
sallies (encz) | sallies, |
tallies (encz) | tallies, |
Allies (gcide) | Ally \Al*ly"\, n.; pl. Allies. [See Ally, v.]
1. A relative; a kinsman. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. One united to another by treaty or league; -- usually
applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.
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The English soldiers and their French allies.
--Macaulay.
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3. Anything associated with another as a helper; an
auxiliary.
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Science, instead of being the enemy of religion,
becomes its ally. --Buckle.
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4. Anything akin to another by structure, etc.
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Co-allies (gcide) | Co-ally \Co`-al*ly"\, n.; pl. Co-allies.
A joint ally. --Kent.
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Ralli'es (gcide) | Ralli'es \Ral"li['e]s"\ (r[.a]l`y[=a]"), n. pl. [F., p. p. pl.
See Rally, v. t.]
A French political group, also known as the Constitutional
Right from its position in the Chambers, mainly monarchists
who rallied to the support of the Republic in obedience to
the encyclical put forth by Pope Leo XIII. in Feb., 1892.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Rally \Ral"ly\, n.; pl. Rallies (r[a^]l"l[i^]z).
1. The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of
that word).
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2. A political mass meeting. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Rallies (gcide) | Ralli'es \Ral"li['e]s"\ (r[.a]l`y[=a]"), n. pl. [F., p. p. pl.
See Rally, v. t.]
A French political group, also known as the Constitutional
Right from its position in the Chambers, mainly monarchists
who rallied to the support of the Republic in obedience to
the encyclical put forth by Pope Leo XIII. in Feb., 1892.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Rally \Ral"ly\, n.; pl. Rallies (r[a^]l"l[i^]z).
1. The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of
that word).
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2. A political mass meeting. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Sallies (gcide) | Sally \Sal"ly\, n.; pl. Sallies. [F. saillie, fr. saillir. See
Sally, v.]
1. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
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2. A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden
eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place
besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
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Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were
beaten in with loss. --Bacon.
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3. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression;
deviation.
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Every one shall know a country better that makes
often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down,
than he that . . . goes still round in the same
track. --Locke.
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4. A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a
flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
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The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his
sallies. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness;
act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
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The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth.
--Sir H.
Wotton.
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Sally port.
(a) (Fort.) A postern gate, or a passage underground, from
the inner to the outer works, to afford free egress
for troops in a sortie.
(b) (Naval) A large port on each quarter of a fireship,
for the escape of the men into boats when the train is
fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker
or a large modern ironclad.
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Sherryvallies (gcide) | Sherryvallies \Sher"ry*val`lies\, n. pl. [Cf. Sp. zaraquelles
wide breeches or overalls.]
Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on
the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other
trousers when riding on horseback. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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Tallies (gcide) | Tally \Tal"ly\, n.; pl. Tallies. [OE. taile, taille, F. taille
a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced
probably by taill['e], p. p. of tailler. See Tailor, and
cf. Tail a limitation, Taille, Tallage.]
1. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores
were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books,
sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts
were kept.
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Note: In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for
traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two
parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the
number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the seller
keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before
the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the
only method of keeping accounts; and tallies were
received as evidence in courts of justice. In the
English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part being
kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the
creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to
government.
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2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks,
whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one
kept in duplicate.
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3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
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They were framed the tallies for each other.
--Dryden.
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4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make
or earn a tally in a game.
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5. A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.
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Tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to
customers on account, the account being kept in
corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the
buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller,
and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by
agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade.
--Eng. Encyc.
To strike tallies, to act in correspondence, or alike.
[Obs.] --Fuller.
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To strike tallies (gcide) | Tally \Tal"ly\, n.; pl. Tallies. [OE. taile, taille, F. taille
a cutting, cut tally, fr. tailler to cut, but influenced
probably by taill['e], p. p. of tailler. See Tailor, and
cf. Tail a limitation, Taille, Tallage.]
1. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores
were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books,
sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts
were kept.
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Note: In purshasing and selling, it was once customary for
traders to have two sticks, or one stick cleft into two
parts, and to mark with a score or notch, on each, the
number or quantity of goods delivered, -- the seller
keeping one stick, and the purchaser the other. Before
the use of writing, this, or something like it, was the
only method of keeping accounts; and tallies were
received as evidence in courts of justice. In the
English exchequer were tallies of loans, one part being
kept in the exchequer, the other being given to the
creditor in lieu of an obligation for money lent to
government.
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2. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks,
whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one
kept in duplicate.
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3. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
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They were framed the tallies for each other.
--Dryden.
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4. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make
or earn a tally in a game.
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5. A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.
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Tally shop, a shop at which goods or articles are sold to
customers on account, the account being kept in
corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the
buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller,
and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by
agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade.
--Eng. Encyc.
To strike tallies, to act in correspondence, or alike.
[Obs.] --Fuller.
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Writer of the tallies (gcide) | Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[imac]tere.]
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1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
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They [came] that handle the pen of the writer.
--Judg. v. 14.
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My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --Ps. xlv.
1.
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2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a
profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.
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This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth
defile. --Shak.
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3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East
India Company, who, after serving a certain number of
years, became a factor.
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Writer of the tallies (Eng. Law), an officer of the
exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of
the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from
the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer
has been abolished. --Wharton (Law. Dict.)
Writer's cramp, Writer's palsy or Writer's spasm
(Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of
the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing,
violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also
scrivener's palsy.
Writer to the signet. See under Signet.
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TALLIES (bouvier) | TALLIES, evidence. The parts of a piece of wood out in two, which persons
use to denote the quantity of goods supplied by one to the other. Poth. Obl.
pt. 4, c. 1, art. 2, Sec. 7.
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