0 present participle of sally
1 to make a sally
Of the many illustrations, the most poignant is the story of the young man who donned his best suit before sallying forth to greet his liberators.
He is expected to be a venturesome knight, sallying forth to protect the consumer.
As they will claim that they are not war-ships they could stop in a neutral harbour for more than 24 hours and repair themselves thoroughly before sallying out again.
Prey are caught mostly by sallying, although birds also probe and glean.
Acorn woodpeckers can also be seen sallying from tree limbs to catch insects, eating fruit and seeds, and drilling holes to drink sap.
Eat insects on the ground in the grass or catch them in flight (sallying).
It is very active when feeding in the tree canopy, darting from flower to flower and sallying for insects.
Piratic flycatchers wait on an exposed perch high in a tree, occasionally sallying out to feed on fruit, their staple diet.
