sally, sallying forth
(noun) a venture off the beaten path; “a sally into the wide world beyond his home”
sortie, sally
(noun) a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
wisecrack, crack, sally, quip
(noun) witty remark
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Sally
A diminutive of the female given name Sarah, also used as a formal given name.
(British) A nickname for the Salvation Army
• Sylla, lylas, y'all's
sally (plural sallies)
A willow
Any tree that looks like a willow
An object made from the above trees' wood
sally (plural sallies)
A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
A sudden rushing forth.
(figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
An excursion or side trip.
A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
sally (third-person singular simple present sallies, present participle sallying, simple past and past participle sallied)
(intransitive) To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position).
(intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.")
(intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.
sally (plural sallies)
(New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
• Salvo
sally (plural sallies)
A kind of stonefly.
A wren.
• Sylla, lylas, y'all's
Source: Wiktionary
Sal"ly, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sallied; p. pr. & vb. n. Sallying.] Etym: [F. saillir, fr. L. salire to leap, spring, akin to gr. Sallient, Assail, Assault, Exult, Insult, Saltation, Saltire.]
Definition: 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. They break the truce, and sally out by night. Dryden. The foe retires, -- she heads the sallying host. Byron.
Sal"ly, n.; pl. Sallies. Etym: [F. saillie, fr. sailir. See Sally, v.]
1. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
2. 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. Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss. Bacon.
3. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation. Every one shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that . . . goes still round in the same track. Locke.
4. A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind. The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his sallies. Sir W. Scott.
5. Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade. The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth. Sir H. Wotton. Sally port. (a) (Fort.) A postern gate, or a passage underground, from the inner to the outer works, to afford free egress for troops in a sortie. (b) (Naval) A large port on each quarter of a fireship, for the escape of the men into boats when the train is fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker or a large modern ironclad.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
