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noun
A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A quarrel; a falling out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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noun
the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: exit, issue, outlet, way out
History
From out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitval (“outburst, sally, eruption”), German Ausfall (“falling out, sally”), Swedish utfall (“sally, issue”).
From Middle English outfallen, equivalent to out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitvallen (“to fall out, sally”), German ausfallen (“to fall out, lunge”), Swedish utfalla (“to fall out”).
