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VOLLEYED.<br />
Sat. Rev. 12 July 51/2 It is bad policy to give the advice<br />
not to volley a lob.<br />
d. Cricket. To bowl or deliver (a ball) which<br />
reaches the batsman before bouncing. ? U.S.<br />
XQ09 Cent. Diet. Suppl.<br />
2. absol. a. To fire a volley (or volleys). Also<br />
in fig. context.<br />
Freq. in recent journalistic use, prob. after quot. 1854.<br />
l6o« Shaks. Ant, f; CI. II. vii. 119 Then the Boy shall sing,<br />
The holding euery man shall be.ite as loud. As his strong<br />
sides can volly. 1854 Tennvsox Lt. Brigcute v. Cannon behind<br />
them Volley'd and thunder'd. 1899 IVatm. Caz. 2 Jan.<br />
2A A large line of guerillas. .decided swiftly that their presence<br />
and position were di-scovered, and swiftly they volleyed.<br />
b. Tennis, etc. To hit or return the ball before<br />
it bounces ; to make a volley-stroke.<br />
1819 in Hone F.very-day Bk. (1825) I. 867 He never volleyed<br />
[i.e. at fives], but let the balls hop. 1878 Marshall<br />
Ann. Tennis 197 A young player, if he fancies he can volley<br />
well, will always be apt to volley balls which would come<br />
well off the end-walls. 189X Fall Mall G. 20 July 7/2 F.<br />
Rooke.. volleyed more effectively than his opponent.<br />
3. inlr. a. To emit or produce sounds simultaneously<br />
or continuously, in a manner suggestive<br />
of firearms or artillery.<br />
In recent use freq. in 'to volley and thunder', after quot.<br />
1854 in sense 2a.<br />
1810 SoUTHEV Kehama-x.yi\n. xi. When its thunder broke, .<br />
while it vollied round the vault of Hell, Earth's solid arch<br />
was shaken with the shock. 1875 L. Morris Children<br />
Street i, Every day come they there, Afternoon foul or fair,<br />
Shouting and volleying. 1886 Stevenson Kiilnafifed xxix.<br />
For some time Alan volleyed upon the door, and his knocking<br />
only roused the echoes of the house.<br />
b. To rush, roll, or stream with simultaneous<br />
motion ;<br />
to shoot rapidly.<br />
«8S3 C. Bronte Villette vii. About a hundred thoughts<br />
volleyed through my mind in a moment. 1880 Blackmore<br />
Mary Anerley I. x. 129 The crest of the wave volleys up the<br />
incline.<br />
c. To issue or be discharged in, or after the<br />
manner of, a volley.<br />
1887 BowEN yEneid I. 150 Firebrands fly, stones volley,<br />
the weapons furnished of wrath, [hid. III. 577 Molten<br />
masses of stone to the skies with a groan and a roar Volley<br />
in showers.<br />
Volley, southern dial. var. Follow v.<br />
Volleyed (v()*lid\ fpl. a. Forms : 7 volled,<br />
7-9 voUied ; 8 volly'd, 8-9 volley'd, 9 volleyed,<br />
[f. VOLLKT V. -f -ED.]<br />
1. Shouted or uttered in the manner of a volley.<br />
ai6i6 Beauw. & Fu Bondtica in. v, Heark..how the air<br />
Totters and reels, and rends apieces, Drusus, With the huge<br />
vollied clamours. 1813 .ScoTT Kokfdy v. xxxiii. He strove,<br />
with vollied threat and ban, .. To rally up the desperate fight.<br />
2. Of thunder or lightning : Discharged with the<br />
noise or continuous effect of a volley.<br />
Very common in poetry of the i8th cent.<br />
i(6j Milton P. L. iv. 938 When in Battel to thy aide The<br />
blasting volied Thunder made all speed. 17*6 Pope Odyss.<br />
XX. 212 Some pitying God.. With vollied vengeance blast<br />
their towering pride I 1744 Akenside Pleas. Inmg. i. 18B<br />
She springs aloft Thro' fields of air ; pursues the flying<br />
storm; Kides on the volley'd lightning thro' the heav'ns.<br />
i8za H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. 38 The vollied flame rides<br />
in my breath. My blast is elemental death. sSzi Clare<br />
yUL Minstr. II. 60 While skies in vollied rolls are rent.<br />
b. Of the nature of a volley.<br />
183s J. Harris C/. r
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