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Sally

//ˈsæli// name, noun, verb, slang

Proper Noun

1
A diminutive of the female given name Sarah, also used as a formal given name.
"She submitted―for what alternative did she have?―to being Sally in this family, but she always signed herself, Sarah."
2
A nickname for the Salvation Army. British, slang

Noun

1
A willow.
2
A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
"The rest of his horsemen the Duke sent to his campe, bicause they heard a great noise there, and doubted the enimies sally, and indeede they had issued foorth thrise, but were alwaies repulsed, especially through the valiantns of the English men that the Duke left there behind him [...]"
3
A member of the Salvation Army. New-Zealand, slang
4
A kind of stonefly.
5
The crystalline or powdered form of MDA. Canada, US, slang

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6
Alternative letter-case form of sally: the crystalline or powdered form of MDA. Canada, US, alt-of, slang
7
a venture off the beaten path wordnet
8
Any tree that resembles a willow.
9
A sudden rushing forth.
"Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies."
10
A wren.
11
a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position wordnet
12
An object made from the wood of a willow.
13
A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor. figuratively
"Till then she had never formed an idea of one so gifted and so charming. She listened with astonishment to her companion's gay sallies, and answers, as piquant as they were ready."
14
witty remark wordnet
15
An excursion or side trip.
"Everyone 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."
16
A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.

Verb

1
To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position). intransitive
"The troops sallied in desperation."
2
To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth"). intransitive
"So I tucked my violin under my arm, and sallied out after the old budgy ragman, determined to ease him of his load at the very first lonesome corner I could track him to."
3
To venture off the beaten path. intransitive

Etymology 1

From Middle English saly, from Old English saliġ, sealh (“willow”). More at sallow.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir (“to leap forth”), itself from Latin salīre (“to leap”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French saillie, from sailli, the past participle of the verb saillir (“to leap forth”), itself from Latin salīre (“to leap”).

Etymology 4

From salvation + -y.

Etymology 5

Unknown.

Etymology 6

A diminutive lambdacism of Sarah. Compare Hal from Harry and Moll from Mary.

Etymology 7

A diminutive lambdacism of Sarah. Compare Hal from Harry and Moll from Mary.

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