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▪ I. rallying, vbl. n.1|ˈrælɪɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
a. The action of rally v.1 Also, the action or practice of participating in a rally (in senses of rally n.1).
1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) III. li. 3 Noble rallyings from his disgrace. 1850Lynch Theo. Trinal ii. 22 The rallying of the world's love and hope. 1864Dickens Let. 25 Oct. (1880) II. 222 Occasional [family] rallyings coming off here. 1960S. Turner Rallying i. 12 There are four levels of rallying: Closed, Restricted, National and International. 1971‘D. Rutherford’ Clear Fast Lane 39 The usual changes needed before a production car is ready for rallying. 1978Times 4 July 19/2 He [sc. Nastase] mixed the pace and pattern of his rallying with..nonchalant grace.
b. attrib., as rallying cry, rallying place, rallying point, rallying round, rallying shout, rallying sign, rallying square, rallying word.
In some of these the word may be regarded also as ppl. adj., in transitive sense.
1818Shelley Rev. Islam vi. iii, *Rallying cries of treason and of danger. 1879M. Arnold Mixed Ess., George Sand 338 France which has made equality its rallying cry.
1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. (1859) 135 The paternal hearth [is] the *rallying-place of the affections.
1799Washington Lett. Writ. 1893 XIV. 140 It would be a *rallying-point for the timid. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xx. IV. 408 He thought his star a good rallying point for his own troops.
1814Sporting Mag. XLIV. 167 A most determined *rallying round, commenced by Burn. 1930Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves! iii. 69 Cold and haughty. No symp. None of the rallying-round spirit which one likes to see.
1810Scott Lady of L. ii. xvii, The rapid charge, the *rallying shout.
1840Carlyle Heroes (1858) 270 Shakspeare,..the noblest, gentlest, yet strongest of *rallying-signs.
1847Infantry Man. (1854) 63 Form the *rallying square.
1818Hallam Mid. Ages (1872) I. 383 The *rallying word of faction. 1845James Arrah Neil ii, It's my battle-cry, my rallying word.
▪ II. rallying, vbl. n.2|ˈrælɪɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of rally v.2
1673Dryden Assignation iii. i, There was one thing amiss in it, that was your rallying of Religion. 1698Jer. Collier Short View Eng. Stage 160 Rallying, no less than Railing, ought to be under the Discipline of Law. 1834H. Martineau The Farrers ii. 28 Bore rallying on preferring..negus and sweet cake. 1884E. P. Roe Nat. Ser. Story viii, He replied to her..rallyings.
attrib.1710Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 62 Whither this rallying Humour will at length carry us. 1741Middleton Cicero I. vi. 485 Cicero being in a rallying humor, made the petition..ridiculous.
▪ III. rallying, ppl. a.1|ˈrælɪɪŋ|
[f. rally v.1 + -ing2.]
That rallies (reassembles, revives, etc.).
1896Daily News 11 June 2/4 Sir Wilfrid saw signs of encouragement in the rallying spirit of the Liberal party.
▪ IV. rallying, ppl. a.2|ˈrælɪɪŋ|
[f. rally v.2 + -ing2.]
That rallies, banters, etc.
1678Butler Hud. iii. i. 1398 These Rallying Devils do no hurt. 1868Holme Lee B. Godfrey lxii. 361 ‘You took my strawberries so prettily’, said Basil with rallying fondness.
Hence ˈrallyingly adv.
1669R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 424 He..rallyingly thanked me for the good news I told him. 1838Moore Mem. (1856) VII. 220 The ‘Evêque de Lombaz’ wrote to Petrarch rallyingly, that all his love for Laura was a mere fiction. |