<B>sally, </B>verb, <B>-lied,</B> <B>-lying,</B> noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to go suddenly from a defensive position to attack an enemy. <DD><B> 2. </B>to rush forth suddenly; go out; set out briskly. <BR> <I>Ex. We sallied forth at dawn.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to set out briskly or boldly. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue ... that never sallies out and sees her adversary (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to go on an excursion or trip. <DD><B> 5. </B>(of things) to issue forth, especially suddenly. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a sudden attack on an enemy made from a defensive position; sortie. <BR> <I>Ex. The men in the fort made a brave sally and returned with many prisoners.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any sudden rushing forth. <BR> <I>Ex. I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of going forth; trip; excursion. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) I made my second sally into the world (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a sudden start into activity. <BR> <I>Ex. Nature goes by rule, not by sallies and saltations (Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>an outburst, as of anger, delight, or wit. <BR> <I>Ex. Sudden sallies and impetuosities of temper (Cardinal Manning).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a witty remark; witticism; quip. <BR> <I>Ex. She continued her story undisturbed by the merry sallies of her hearers.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sallylunn">
<B>Sally Lunn</B> or <B>sally lunn,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a slightly sweetened tea cake, served hot with butter. </DL>
<A NAME="sallyport">
<B>sally port,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a protected gate or underground passage in a fort through which troops may pass when making a sally. </DL>
<A NAME="salmagundi">
<B>salmagundi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a dish of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, and seasonings. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any mixture, medley, or miscellany. (SYN) jumble, hodgepodge. </DL>
<A NAME="salmi">
<B>salmi</B> or <B>salmis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a highly seasoned stew, especially of game seared by roasting and then simmered in wine. </DL>
<A NAME="salmon">
<B>salmon, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ons</B> or (collectively) <B>-on,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a large marine and freshwater fish with silvery scales and yellowish-pink flesh. It is found in the North Atlantic near the mouths of large rivers which it swims up in order to spawn. The salmon is one of the chief food fishes. It belongs to the same genus as several species of trout. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of a genus of other fishes of the same family common in the northern Pacific and important as food fishes, such as the chinook salmon and sockeye salmon. <DD><B> 3. </B>a variety of Atlantic or Pacific salmon that lives in lakes; landlocked salmon. <DD><B> 4. </B>a yellowish pink like that of the flesh of the salmon; salmon pink. <BR> <I>Ex. More pastels, including pink and salmon, are crowding red as the traditional color for the humble building brick (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> yellowish-pink. </DL>
<A NAME="salmonberry">
<B>salmonberry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry of the Pacific coast of North America. <DD><B> 2. </B>the plant itself, bearing red flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="salmoncloud">
<B>salmon cloud,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a band of parallel cirrostratus clouds stretching almost entirely across the sky and appearing, by perspective, to taper at the ends, so that it resembles the outline of a salmon. </DL>
<A NAME="salmoncolored">
<B>salmon-colored, </B>adjective. =salmon.</DL>
<A NAME="salmonella">
<B>salmonella, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nellas,</B> <B>-nellae,</B> or <B>-nella.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of bacteria that cause food poisoning, typhoid and paratyphoid fever, and other infectious diseases. </DL>
<A NAME="salmonellosis">
<B>salmonellosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any infectious disease caused by salmonella, such as cholera in fowls or typhoid fever. </DL>
<B>salmonoid, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or belonging to a family of fishes including the salmon and trout. <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling a fish of this family. <DD><I>noun </I> a salmonoid fish. </DL>
<A NAME="salmonpike">
<B>salmon pike,</B> =Chautauqua muskellunge.</DL>
<A NAME="salmonpink">
<B>salmon pink,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a yellowish pink; salmon. adj. <B>salmon-pink.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="salmontrout">
<B>salmon trout,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the sea trout of Europe. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=lake trout.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=steelhead.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>any other large trout. </DL>
<A NAME="salmonwheel">
<B>salmon wheel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tall wheel, set in a rapid and turned by the current, which catches ascending salmon in scoop nets and throws them into a pen. </DL>
<A NAME="salol">
<B>salol, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, a salicylate of phenyl, prepared from phenol and salicylic acid. It is used as an antiseptic and to reduce fever. </DL>
<A NAME="salome">
<B>Salome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the daughter of Herodias, whose dancing so pleased Herod that he granted her anything she would ask. Instructed by her mother, she demanded the head of John the Baptist, which she then presented to Herodias on a platter (in the Bible, Matthew 14:3-11). Her name is not given in the Bible. </DL>
<A NAME="salometer">
<B>salometer, </B>noun. =salinometer.</DL>
<A NAME="salon">
<B>salon, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lons.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large room for receiving or entertaining guests. <BR> <I>Ex. The social and political elite of Paris ... filed into a cavernous salon in the Ministry of the Interior (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a gathering of distinguished persons in such a room, usually one consisting of fashionable people. <BR> <I>Ex. Madame Steinheil ... presided over a salon of artists and men of letters until 1908 (Listener).</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>a place used to exhibit works of art. (SYN) gallery. <DD><B> b. </B>an exhibition of works of art. <DD><B> 4. </B>a fashionable or stylish shop. <BR> <I>Ex. a fashion salon, a beauty salon.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="salon">
<B>Salon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an annual exhibition, in Paris, of the works of living artists. </DL>
<A NAME="salonist">
<B>salonist, </B>noun. =salonnard.</DL>
<A NAME="salonnard">
<B>salonnard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who frequents fashionable salons. </DL>
<A NAME="saloon">
<B>saloon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a place where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk; tavern. <BR> <I>Ex. The majority of the citizens of this village are tired of the saloon and want it to go (Cowansville [Quebec] Observer).</I> (SYN) bar. <DD><B> 2. </B>a large room for general or public use. <BR> <I>Ex. The ship's passengers ate in the dining saloon.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>Also, <B>saloon car.</B> (British.) <DD><B> a. </B>a sedan. <DD><B> b. </B>a saloon carriage. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=salon </B>(def. 1). </DL>
<A NAME="salooncar">
<B>saloon car,</B> <B>=saloon </B>(def. 3).</DL>
<A NAME="salooncarriage">
<B>saloon carriage,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a railroad parlor car. </DL>
<A NAME="saloonkeeper">
<B>saloonkeeper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a man who keeps a saloon where alcoholic drinks are sold and drunk. </DL>
<A NAME="saloop">
<B>saloop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a hot beverage made from salep or (later) sassafras, milk, and sugar, popular in England, especially in London, during the late 1700's and early 1800's. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=salep.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="salopian">
<B>Salopian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of Shropshire, county in England. <DD><I>noun </I> a native of Shropshire. </DL>
<A NAME="salpa">
<B>salpa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of transparent, spindle-shaped, free-swimming tunicates, reproducing asexually in one generation, sexually in the next. </DL>
<A NAME="salpicon">
<B>salpicon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> cooked meat, mushrooms, and truffles, cut into small pieces and mixed with a rich sauce, used as a filling, especially for pates, or served separately. </DL>
<A NAME="salpiform">
<B>salpiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having the form or structure of a salpa; fusiform. </DL>
<A NAME="salpiglossis">
<B>salpiglossis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any of a group of Chilean herbs of the nightshade family, having funnel-shaped flowers in rich colors, often variegated. <DD><B> 2. </B>the flower of any one of these plants; painted tongue. </DL>
<A NAME="salpingectomy">
<B>salpingectomy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the surgical removal of a salpinx. </DL>
<A NAME="salpingian">
<B>salpingian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a salpinx or salpinges. </DL>
<A NAME="salpingitis">
<B>salpingitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the Fallopian or the Eustachian tubes. </DL>
<B>salsa, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a kind of popular music of Caribbean origin, similar to mambo. <BR> <I>Ex. At the moment, the dance is the hustle and the Latin music is salsa, which ... is either a brand new sound or a brand new name for music that has been around for years (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a dance performed to this music. <DD><B> 3. </B>a hot sauce served especially with Mexican or Southwestern food. <DD><I>adj. </I> filled with activity; lively; fast-paced; exciting. <BR> <I>Ex. He is a man who ... thrives on "lots of salsa living" (New York Times Magazine).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="salsify">
<B>salsify, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a plant with purple flowers and a long root like a parsnip whose flavor is thought to be like that of an oyster; oyster plant; vegetable oyster; oysterroot; goatsbeard. Salsify is a biennial belonging to the composite family. Its flowers remain open only in the morning. <DD><B> 2. </B>its root, eaten as a vegetable. </DL>
<A NAME="salsilla">
<B>salsilla, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of usually twining herbs of the amaryllis family of tropical America, that yield edible tubers. </DL>
<A NAME="salsoda">
<B>sal soda,</B> =sodium carbonate.</DL>
<A NAME="salsuginous">
<B>salsuginous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> growing in salty soil. <BR> <I>Ex. a salsuginous plant.</I> </DL>
