English-Thai Dictionary
sally
N การ รีบรุด kan-rib-rub
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N การเที่ยว การท่องเที่ยว การ เดินทาง kan-tiao
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N การ โจมตี การ ตีฝ่า วงล้อม การแหวก วงล้อม attack retreat kan-jom-te
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N คำคม คำพูด คมคาย คำ หยอกเย้า anecdote gag kam-kom
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VI ตีฝ่า วงล้อม te-fa-wong-lom
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VI ออก ท่องเที่ยว ออกเดินทาง ook-tong-tiao
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SALLY
n.[See the Verb. ] In a general sense, a spring; a darting or shooting. Hence, 1. An issue or rushing of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
2. A spring or darting of intellect, fancy or imagination; flight; sprightly exertion. We say, sallies of wit, sallies of imagination.
3. Excursion from the usual track; range.
He who often makes sallies into a country, and traverses it up and down, will know it better than one that goes always round in the same track.
4. Act of levity or extravagance; wild gaiety; frolic; a bounding or darting beyond ordinary rules; as a sally of youth; a sally of levity.
SALLY
v.i.[L. salio. Gr. to impel, to shoot. See Solar, from L. sol. Gr. ] 1. To issue or rush out, as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers.
They break the truce, and sally out by night.
2. To issue suddenly; to make a sudden eruption.
SALLYING
ppr. Issuing or rushing out.
SALLY-PORT
n. 1. In fortification, a postern gate, or a passage under ground from the inner to the outer works, such as from the higher flank to the lower, or to the tenailles, or to the communication from the middle of the curtain to the ravelin.
2. A large port on each quarter of a fireship for the escape of the men into boats when the train is fired.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SALLY
Sal "ly, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sallied; p. pr. & vb. n. Sallying. ] Etym: [F. saillir, fr. L. salire to leap, spring, akin to gr. Sallient, Assail, Assault, Exult, Insult, Saltation, Saltire. ]
Defn: 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. They break the truce, and sally out by night. Dryden. The foe retires, -- she heads the sallying host. Byron.
SALLY
Sal "ly, n.; pl. Sallies. Etym: [F. saillie, fr. sailir. See Sally, v.]
1. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
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. Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss. Bacon.
3. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation. 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.
4. A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind. The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his sallies. Sir W. Scott.
5. Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade. The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth. Sir H. Wotton. 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.
SALLY LUNN
Sal "ly Lunn ". Etym: [From a woman, Sally Lunn, who is said to have first made the cakes, and sold them in the streets of Bath, Eng. ]
Defn: A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter.
SALLYMAN
SALLYMAN Sal "ly *man, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The velella; -- called also saleeman.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Sally
Sally |ˈsali |(also Sally Army or Sallies ) ▶noun Brit. informal the Salvation Army. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: alteration of salvation .
sally
sally 3 |ˈsali |(also sallee ) ▶noun ( pl. sallies or sallees ) Austral. any of a number of acacias and eucalyptuses that resemble willows. ●Several species, including white sally (Eucalyptus pauciflora, family Myrtaceae ). ORIGIN late 19th cent.: dialect variant of sallow 2 .
sally
sal ly 1 |ˈsalē ˈsæli | ▶noun ( pl. sallies ) a sudden charge out of a besieged place against the enemy; a sortie. • a brief journey or sudden start into activity. • a witty or lively remark, esp. one made as an attack or as a diversion in an argument; a retort. ▶verb ( sallies, sallying, sallied ) [ no obj. ] make a military sortie: they sallied out to harass the enemy. • formal or humorous set out from a place to do something: I made myself presentable and sallied forth . ORIGIN late Middle English: from French saillie, feminine past participle (used as a noun ) of saillir ‘come or jut out, ’ from Old French salir ‘to leap, ’ from Latin salire.
sally
sal ly 2 |ˈsæli ˈsalē | ▶noun ( pl. sallies ) the part of a bell rope that has colored wool woven into it to provide a grip for the bell-ringer's hands. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting the first movement of a bell when set for ringing ): perhaps from sally 1 in the sense ‘leaping motion. ’
Sally Lightfoot
Sal ly Light foot |ˈsalē ˈlītˌfo͝ot ˈsæli ˈlaɪtfʊt | ▶noun ( pl. Sally Lightfoots ) a common active crab of rocky shores in the Caribbean, Central America, and the Galapagos Islands. [Grapsus grapsus, family Grapsidae. ]
Sally Lunn
Sal ly Lunn |lən ˌsæli ˈlən | ▶noun a sweet, light teacake, typically served hot. ORIGIN said to be from the name of a woman selling such cakes in Bath, England, c. 1800.
sally port
sal ly port ▶noun a small exit point in a fortification for the passage of troops when making a sally.
Oxford Dictionary
Sally
Sally |ˈsali |(also Sally Army or Sallies ) ▶noun Brit. informal the Salvation Army. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: alteration of salvation .
sally
sally 1 |ˈsali | ▶noun ( pl. sallies ) 1 a sudden charge out of a besieged place against the enemy; a sortie. • a brief journey or sudden start into activity. 2 a witty or lively remark, especially one made as an attack or as a diversion in an argument; a retort. ▶verb ( sallies, sallying, sallied ) [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] make a military sortie: they sallied out to harass the enemy. • formal or humorous set out from a place to do something: I made myself presentable and sallied forth . ORIGIN late Middle English: from French saillie, feminine past participle (used as a noun ) of saillir ‘come or jut out ’, from Old French salir ‘to leap ’, from Latin salire.
sally
sally 2 |ˈsali | ▶noun ( pl. sallies ) the part of a bell rope that has coloured wool woven into it to provide a grip for the bell-ringer's hands. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (denoting the first movement of a bell when set for ringing ): perhaps from sally 1 in the sense ‘leaping motion ’.
sally
sally 3 |ˈsali |(also sallee ) ▶noun ( pl. sallies or sallees ) Austral. any of a number of acacias and eucalyptuses that resemble willows. ●Several species, including white sally (Eucalyptus pauciflora, family Myrtaceae ). ORIGIN late 19th cent.: dialect variant of sallow 2 .
Sally Lightfoot
Sally Lightfoot |ˈlʌɪtfʊt | ▶noun ( pl. Sally Lightfoots ) a common active crab of rocky shores in the Caribbean, Central America, and the Galapagos Islands. ●Grapsus grapsus, family Grapsidae.
Sally Lunn
Sally Lunn |sali ˈlʌn | ▶noun a sweet, light teacake, typically served hot. ORIGIN said to be from the name of a woman selling such cakes in Bath c. 1800.
sally port
sally port ▶noun a small exit point in a fortification for the passage of troops when making a sally.
American Oxford Thesaurus
sally
sally noun 1 the garrison made a sally against us: sortie, charge, foray, thrust, drive, offensive, attack, assault, raid, incursion, invasion, onset, onslaught. 2 a fruitless sally into the city: expedition, excursion, trip, outing, jaunt, visit. 3 they exchanged amusing sallies: witticism, smart remark, quip, barb, pleasantry; joke, pun, jest, bon mot; retort, riposte, counter, rejoinder; informal gag, wisecrack, comeback.
Oxford Thesaurus
sally
sally noun 1 a week later the garrison made a sally against us: charge, sortie, foray, thrust, drive, offensive, attack, raid, assault, descent, blitz, incursion, invasion, onset, inroad, onslaught, rush, onrush; German blitzkrieg; Italian razzia. 2 he sent a dutiful report on his fruitless sally into North Wales: expedition, excursion, trip, outing, jaunt, run, visit, tour, escapade, airing. 3 he looked round, delighted with his sally: witticism, witty remark, smart remark, quip, barb, pleasantry, epigram, aphorism; joke, pun, jest; retort, riposte, counter, rejoinder, return, retaliation; French bon mot; informal one-liner, gag, wisecrack, crack, funny, comeback.
Duden Dictionary
Sally
Sal ly Eigenname |S a lly …li |männlicher oder weiblicher Vorname
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
Sally
Sal ly /sǽli /名詞 サリー 〘女の名; Sarahの愛称 〙.～̀ Á rmy ｟英 くだけて ｠〖the ～〗＝Salvation Army .
sally
sal ly /sǽli /名詞 複 -lies C ｟文 ｠1 愉快なしゃれ [皮肉 ], 気のきいたせりふ .2 (包囲する敵への )急反撃, 出撃 .3 (感情などの )ほとばしり, 激発 .4 外出 ; 小旅行 .動詞 -lies ; -lied ; ～ing 自動詞 ｟文 やや古 ｠(困難な仕事に果敢に )出かける ; (包囲する敵へ果敢に )反撃に出る (forth , out ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary