noun

• (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
  "Till then she had never formed an idea of one so gifted and so charming. She listened with astonishment to her companion's gay sallies, and answers, as piquant as they were ready."

verb

• (intransitive) To make a sudden attack (e.g. on an enemy from a defended position).
  "The troops sallied in desperation."
• (intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth").
  "So I tucked my violin under my arm, and sallied out after the old budgy ragman, determined to ease him of his load at the very first lonesome corner I could track him to."
• (intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.

noun

• (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.

noun

• (slang, drugs, Canada, US) The crystalline or powdered form of MDA.