[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sally \sal"ly\, n.; pl. sallies. f. saillie, fr. saillir. see
   sally, v.
   1. a leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
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   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.
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            sallies were made by the spaniards, but they were
            beaten in with loss.                  --bacon.
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   3. an excursion from the usual track; range; digression;
      deviation.
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            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.
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   4. a flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a
      flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
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            the unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his
            sallies.                              --sir w.
                                                  scott.
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   5. transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness;
      act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
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            the excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth.
                                                  --sir h.
                                                  wotton.
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   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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sallies sally port 

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