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salvo

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Salvo  \Sal"vo\,  n.;  pl  {Salvos}.  [L.  salvo  jure,  literally,  the 
  right  being  reserved.  See  {Safe.}] 
  An  exception;  a  reservation;  an  excuse. 
 
  They  admit  many  salvos,  cautions,  and  reservations. 
  --Eikon 
  Basilike 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Salvo  \Sal"vo\,  n.  [F.  salve  a  discharge  of  heavy  cannon,  a 
  volley,  L.  salve  hail,  imperat.  of  salvere  to  be  well  akin 
  to  salvus  well  See  {Safe}.] 
  1.  (Mil.)  A  concentrated  fire  from  pieces  of  artillery,  as  in 
  endeavoring  to  make  a  break  in  a  fortification;  a  volley. 
 
  2.  A  salute  paid  by  a  simultaneous,  or  nearly  simultaneous, 
  firing  of  a  number  of  cannon. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  salvo 
  n  1:  an  outburst  resembling  the  discharge  of  firearms  or  the 
  release  of  bombs 
  2:  rapid  simultaneous  discharge  of  firearms;  "our  fusillade 
  from  the  left  flank  caught  them  by  surprise"  [syn:  {fusillade}, 
  {volley},  {burst}] 
  3:  a  sudden  outburst  of  cheers;  "there  was  a  salvo  of  approval"




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