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† ˈrallery Obs.
Also 7 ralliary, -ie.
[var. raillery; for the spelling cf. rally v.2]
1. Banter, etc. = raillery 1.
1651Evelyn Char. England (1659) 53 That innocent, yet salt and pleasant diversion, which in France we call Ralliary. 1693Dennis Imp. Crit. iii. 28 Curse of this unseasonable Rallery: Can anything be more insipid than an untimely Jest? a1754Fielding Fathers i. i, I admit rallery.
b. With a and pl. = raillery 1 b.
1654tr. Scudery's Curia Pol. 164 Prince Bajazet, was sometimes called the Shepherd, by a tart Ralliarie. 1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 169 Ready and pleasant Ralleries are the Delights of the Mind in..Conversations.
2. A jesting or playful action. rare.
1653Ld. Vaux tr. Godeau's St. Paul 49 All these were ralleries rather of a Monster then a Man. 1654Nicholas Papers (Camden) II. 57 He thought she tooke them up in rallery and that, if he gave her good words, he might have them againe. |