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Revelly

REV'ELLY, n. [L. vigilo. See Watch.] In military affairs, the beat of drum about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise and for the sentinels to forbear challenging. [This word m...

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REV'ELLY, n. [L. vigilo. See Watch.]

In military affairs, the beat of drum about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise and for the sentinels to forbear challenging.

[This word might well be anglicised rev'elly.]

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