sally : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum
  black mallee; black gum; Eucalytus stellulata.
  

WordNet

• verb set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner
  sally forth.
  

WordNet

• noun a flat round slightly sweet teacake usually served hot
  

WordNet

Sal"ly Lunn"

Etymology

From a woman, Sally Lunn, who is said to have first made the cakes, and sold them in the streets of Bath, Eng.

Definitions

1. 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.

Webster 1913

• verb set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner
  sally forth.
  
• verb jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)
  rush out; leap out; burst forth.
  
  • The attackers leapt out from the bushes

WordNet

• . (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.

Webster 1913