REV'ELLY, noun [Latin 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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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.