From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Volley \Vol"ley\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volleyed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Volleying}.]
To discharge with, or as with, a volley.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Volley \Vol"ley\, v. i.
1. To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged
in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or
volleys. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2.
(a) (Tennis) To return the ball before it touches the
ground.
(b)
(Cricket) To send the ball full to the top of the wicket.
--R. A. Proctor.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Volley \Vol"ley\, n.; pl. {Volleys}. [F. vol['e]e; flight, a
volley, or discharge of several guns, fr. voler to fly, L.
volare. See {Volatile}.]
1. A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the
simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.
[1913 Webster]
Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe.
--Byron.
[1913 Webster]
2. A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley
of words. "This volley of oaths." --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
Rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
3.
(a) (Tennis) A return of the ball before it touches the
ground.
(b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the
wicket.
[1913 Webster]
[1913 Webster]
{Half volley}.
(a) (Tennis) A return of the ball immediately after is has
touched the ground.
(b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball so that after touching
the ground it flies towards the top of the wicket.
--R. A. Proctor.
{On the volley}, at random. [Obs.] "What we spake on the
volley begins work." --Massinger.
{Volley gun}, a gun with several barrels for firing a number
of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
volley
n 1: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade
from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn:
{fusillade}, {salvo}, {volley}, {burst}]
2: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
[ant: {ground stroke}]
v 1: be dispersed in a volley; "gun shots volleyed at the
attackers"
2: hit before it touches the ground; "volley the tennis ball"
3: discharge in, or as if in, a volley; "the attackers volleyed
gunshots at the civilians"
4: make a volley
5: utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"
|
