*olley*

n. Same as Mulley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ CF. Gael. maolag a hornless cow, maol bald, hornless, blunt. ] 1. A mulley or polled animal. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cow. [ Prov. Eng.; U.S., a child's word. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Leave milking and dry up old mulley, thy cow. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow. [ U. S. ] [ Written also muley. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably fr. roll. ] A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine. Tomlison. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A motor car powered by electricity drawn from a trolley, and thus constrained to follow the trolley lines. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

Trolley line, (a) A trolley (f). (b) The path along which a trolley car runs. [ PJC ]

. A heavy conducting wire on which the trolley car runs and from which it receives the current. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. (a) A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. [ Eng. ] (b) A narrow cart that is pushed by hand or drawn by an animal. [ Eng. ] (c) (Mach.) A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. (d) (Electric Railway) A truck which travels along the fixed conductors, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car. (e) A trolley car. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fiery darts in flaming volleys flew. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A burst or emission of many things at once; as, a volley of words. “This volley of oaths.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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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. ] “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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Volleyed p. pr. & vb. n. Volleying. ] To discharge with, or as with, a volley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A game played by volleying a large inflated ball with the hands over a net 7 ft. 6 in. high. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]