| sally | Origin: F. Saillie, fr. Sailir. See Sally. 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. <astronomy> 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sally lunn | A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter. Origin: From a woman, Sally Lunn, who is said to have first made the cakes, and sold them in the streets of Bath, Eng. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sallyman | <zoology> The velella. Synonym: saleeman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |