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sal·ly
I. \ˈsalē, -li\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French saillie, from Old French, from feminine of sailli, past participle of saillir to jump, rush forward, from Latin salire to jump, leap; akin to Middle Irish saltraid he tramples, Greek hallesthai to leap, Lithuanian salti to flow, and perhaps to Sanskrit ucchalati he jumps up; basic meaning: to jump
1.
a. : an action of rushing or bursting forth; specifically : a sortie of troops from a defensive position to attack the enemy
< making a sally against the besieging force >
< sudden sallies of solo voices — Irving Kolodin >
b. dialect chiefly England : an action of leaping forth : bound, spring
< every sally of the boat — Richard Steele >
2.
a. : a brief outbreak into activity or expression (as of affection or temper) : outburst
< fretted with sallies of his mother's kisses — William Wordsworth >
< those sallies of passion so common in princes — W.H.Prescott >
b. : a boldly witty or imaginative saying (as in conversation or in a written passage) : flight of fancy : quip
< the cheap roar which would follow such a … sally — Arnold Bennett >
< a volume full of bright and sometimes brilliant sallies — Saturday Review >
3.
a. : a venture or excursion usually off the beaten track : jaunt, trip
< a sally into the country >
< the first spectacular sallies into unknown space — Swiss Industry & Trade >
b. archaic : a bold violation of custom or propriety : escapade
< a sally of youth >
4. : a projection especially of a rafter notched to fit over a plate or horizontal beam so as to jut beyond it
5.
a. : handstroke 2
b. : grip II 6b
II. verb
(-ed/ing/-es)
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to leap or rush out : burst forth : issue suddenly (as troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers)
< would sally out in their canoes and capture passing vessels — American Guide Series: Michigan >
b. archaic : issue, spurt, jet, spring
< his warm blood sallied from the wound — William Cowper >
2. : to set out (as from one's home or station) — usually used with forth
< tightening the belt of his overcoat, he sallied forth — John Galsworthy >
transitive verb
: to cause (a ship) to roll by having the crew run or move weights from side to side
< bluejackets raced from the port side to the starboard side and back, sallying ship … to free her ample bottom from the sucking mud — Time >
III.
chiefly dialect
variant of sallow I
IV. noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably from the name Sally
1. Irish : the European house wren
2. Britain : stone fly
V.
variant of sallee |