Definitions
1.NounAn exception; a reservation; an excuse.
2.NounA concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
3.NounA salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
4.NounAny volley, as in an argument or debate.
5.NounThe combined cheers of a crowd.
6.VerbTo discharge weapons in a salvo.