Sal

Sal - Other Definitions

• (n.) An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable.
  
  
• (n.) Salt.
  
  
• (v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
  
  
• (v.) A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
  
  
• (v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
  
  
• (v.) An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
  
  
• (v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
  
  
• (v.) Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
  
  
• Lunn () A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter.