Definition of sally

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Sally (v. i.) 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.

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Sally :: Sally (v.) A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
Schema :: Schema (n.) An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect..
Skit :: Skit (n.) A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.
Crust :: Crust (n.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior..
Escape :: Escape (n.) A sally.
Dorsad :: Dorsad (adv.) Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.
Generally :: Generally (adv.) In general; commonly; extensively, though not universally; most frequently..
Sally :: Sally (v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind..
Sortie :: Sortie (n.) The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) Fig.: a thrust; a sally of wit.
Nasally :: Nasally (adv.) In a nasal manner; by the nose.
Axiom :: Axiom (a.) An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy..
Psychism :: Psychism (n.) The doctrine of Quesne, that there is a fluid universally diffused, end equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations..
Sallying :: Sallying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sall.
Universal :: Universal (n.) A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it..
Klicket :: Klicket (n.) A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties..
Antilegomena :: Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena..
Start :: Start (n.) A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy..
Dorsally :: Dorsally (adv.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad..
Sally :: 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..
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