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▪ I. ˈvolleying, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of returning the ball (in tennis and other ball games) before it bounces. Also attrib.
1837D. Walker Games & Sports 256 (Rackets), This last stroke is termed volleying. 1882Daily Tel. 18 July 2 The volleying and low play gaining repeated rounds of applause. 1883Pall Mall G. 1 Sept. 8/2 He exhibited splendid volleying ability, and won by three sets to one.
▪ II. ˈvolleying, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That volleys, in senses of the verb.
(a)1796Coleridge Destiny of Nations v. 53 Some drive the mutinous clouds to clash in air, And..Yoke the red lightning to their volleying car. 1805Scott Last Minstr. iv. ii, When the volleying musket play'd Against the bloody Highland blade. 1849J. Grant Kirkaldy of Grange xxvi. 301 The booming cannon, the volleying harquebusses. 1852Tennyson Ode Wellington 62 Let..the volleying cannon thunder his loss.
(b)1816Byron Siege Cor. ii, There the volleying thunders pour, Till waves grow smoother to the roar. 1822― Juan viii. vi, The volleying roar, and loud Long booming of each peal on peal, o'ercame The ear far more than thunder. 1894Outing (U.S.) XXIV. 50/2 The volleying boom of giant trees, uprooted from their rocky foundations, sounded above the shriek of the wind.
(c)1844Hood Forge i. 170 The Forge..With volleying smoke, and many a spark, Vomiting fire. 1866M. Arnold Thyrsis vi, So have I heard the cookoo's parting cry,..Come with the volleying rain and tossing breeze. |