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Webster 1913 Edition
Sortie
Sor′tie
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[F., fr.
sortir
to go out, to issue, probably fr. L. sortus
, for surrectus
, p. p. of surgere
to raise up, to rise up. See Source
.] (Mil.)
The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.