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   Salvo , n.; pl. Salvos . [L. salvo jure, literally, the right being reserved. See Safe.] An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
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   They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations.
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   Salvo, 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.]
   (Mil.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
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   A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
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