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Tally-man. One who records or tallies the measurement of logs 

 or the number of pieces in each sling as they are discharged 

 from the ship ; one who keeps the " tally " or marks or cuts 

 the numbers on a "tally-stick" (ivhich see, also "Tally" and 

 "Tally-board"). 



Tally-Stick. A piece of round or square wood on which notches 

 or marks of number and value were or are cut ; the latter, 

 usually hazel, and which had writing added on the uncut 

 sides. The principal form, after the notches were made, 

 was to split the stick into two parts, the buyer and seller or 

 the borrower and lender each retaining half, one the counter- 

 part of the other. A notch for 100 was the breadth of a 

 thumb ; for 1, the breadth of a barleycorn ; a penny was 

 indicated by a slight slit. This clumsy contrivance was 

 effectual in preventing forgery, and survived in the Ex- 

 chequer until 1 834, when several cart-loads of old "tally- 

 sticks " and " counters " in the cellars of the Houses of 

 Parliament were destroyed in the fire which consumed that 

 national building. 



Tamarack (Larix Americana). A species of larch found in Canada 

 and the United States. Its wood is reddish grey in colour, 

 moderately heavy, strong and durable as oak. Crooked 

 pieces are used for knees in shipbuilding. Sometimes 

 called " Haematack " (which see). 



Tapped Trees. Trees that have been boxed for resin. 



Teak Wood (Tectona grandis).A tree of the East or East Indies, 

 which furnishes an abundance of high-class durable timber 

 for ship building, railway rolling stock, etc. Its habitat 

 extends to Burmah and the islands from Ceylon to the 

 Moluccas. 



Tellar, Tillar or Tellow. A sapling or selected coppice shoot 

 left to stand for a timber tree when the underwood is cleared. 



Tenon. The end of a piece of timber so formed as to be fitted 

 into a mortise (which see). 



Tenoning Machines. Machines for forming tenons. These are 

 of various designs, and are sometimes provided with auto- 

 matic feed. Others are arranged to cut a tenon at both ends 

 of a board at the same time. The smaller patterns are used 

 for cabinet and joinery work and the larger for railway 

 wagon construction. 



Tension, or Strain. To make a circular or band saw more loose in 

 the centre than on the cutting edge. One of the technical 

 tests applied to wood to arrive at its power of resistance to 

 strain or stretch longitudinally. A tie-beam, whose office it 

 is to keep the feet of rafters from spreading out, illustrates 



