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sallying

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sally  \Sal"ly\  (s[a^]l"l[y^]),  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sallied} 
  (-l[i^]d);  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Sallying}.]  [F.  saillir  fr  L. 
  salire  to  leap,  spring,  akin  to  Gr  "a`llesqai;  cf  Skr. 
  s[.r]  to  go  to  flow.  Cf  {Salient},  {Assail},  {Assault}, 
  {Exult},  {Insult},  {Saltation},  {Saltire}.] 
  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.