sally
21sally — sal|ly1 [ˈsæli] n plural sallies formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: saillie, from saillir to run forward , from Latin salire to jump ] 1.) a sudden quick attack and return to a position of defence 2.) an intelligent remark that is… …
22sally — [16] To sally is etymologically to ‘jump’. For the word comes ultimately from Latin salīre ‘jump’, source also of English assail, insult, salient, etc. It passed into Old French as salir, which later became saillir. From this was derived a noun… …
23sally — [[t]sæ̱li[/t]] sallies, sallying, sallied 1) N COUNT Sallies are clever and amusing remarks. [LITERARY] He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies. 2) VERB If someone sallies forth or sallies somewhere, they go out into a… …
24sally — noun 1) the garrison made a sally against us Syn: sortie, charge, foray, thrust, drive, offensive, attack, assault, raid, incursion, invasion, onset, onslaught 2) a fruitless sally into the city Syn …
25sally — [16] To sally is etymologically to ‘jump’. For the word comes ultimately from Latin salīre ‘jump’, source also of English assail, insult, salient, etc. It passed into Old French as salir, which later became saillir. From this was derived a noun… …
26Sally — Recorded in many forms including Sawley, Sawlie, Salay, Sally, Sewley, Sowley, Souley, Solly, Solley, and Suley, this very interesting surname is believed to be generally English, but sometimes Irish or even French! It has several possible… …
27sally — Synonyms and related words: access, aggravated assault, aggression, amphibious attack, aphorism, apothegm, arise, armed assault, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, bail out, banzai attack, be off, blitz, blitzkrieg, bon mot, boutade, break… …
28sally — sal|ly1 [ sæli ] verb intransitive LITERARY to leave a place to go on a trip or for a definite purpose, showing confidence and energy: Every afternoon she sallied forth to do the shopping. sally sal|ly 2 [ sæli ] noun count LITERARY 1. ) a quick… …
29sally — Wimp Don t be a sally …
30sally — Wimp Don t be a sally …
