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Webster 1913 Edition
Salvo
Sal′vo
,Noun.
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.
Sal′vo
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Salvo
SAL'VO
,Noun.
They admit many salvos, cautions and reservations.