Sally

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·v A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.

II. Sally ·v An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.

III. Sally ·v A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.

IV. Sally ·v Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.

V. Sally ·vi To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.

VI. Sally ·v 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.

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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