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sallies 音標拼音: [s'æliz] Sally \ Sal" ly\, n.; pl. { Sallies}. [ F. saillie, fr. saillir. See Sally, v.] 1. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 3. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind. [ 1913 Webster] The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his sallies. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade. [ 1913 Webster] The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth. -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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