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De - Pt| English Dictionary: volley gun | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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{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.] [bd]What we spake on the volley begins work.[b8] --Massinger. {Volley gun}, a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse. | |
