Sal"vo (?), n.; pl. Salvos (#). [L. salvo jure, literally, the right being reserved. See Safe.]
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations.
Eilon Basilike.
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Sal"vo, n. [F. salve a discharge of heavy cannon, a volley, L. salve hail, imperat. of salvere to be well, akin to salvus well. See Safe.]
1. Mil.
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
2.
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
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