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Webster 1913 Edition

Volley

Vol′ley

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Volleys
(#)
.
[F.
volée
; 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.
Fiery darts in flaming
volleys
flew.
Milton.
Each
volley
tells that thousands cease to breathe.
Byron.
2.
A burst or emission of many things at once;
as, a
volley
of words
.
“This volley of oaths.”
B. Jonson.
Rattling nonsense in full
volleys
breaks.
Pope.
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.
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.

Vol′ley

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Volleyed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Volleying
.]
To discharge with, or as with, a volley.

Vol′ley

,
Verb.
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.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Volley

VOL'LEY

,
Noun.
plu.
volleys. [L. volo.]
1.
A flight of shot; the discharge of many small arms at once.
2.
A burst or emission of many things at once; as a volley of words.
But rattling nonsense to full volleys breaks.

VOL'LEY

,
Verb.
T.
to discharge with a volley.

VOL'LEY

,
Verb.
I.
To throw out or discharge at once.

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