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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SALLY, v., n. Also saully. Sc. form and †usages:

I. v. To rush to and fro, to run from side to side, like children in their games or workmen on a boat being launched (Sc. 1887 Jam.). Cf. naut. Eng. sally, of a boat, to rock in rough water.

II. n. A leap, bound, a rushing to and fro; a jump or spring in dancing a reel, used fig. in quot. Now only in naut. use in Eng., of the movement of a ship.Sc. 1732 Letter from a Student in Abd. 7:
The unaccountable Grounds, Figures, and various Sallies in these Disputes among the Ministers.