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Definitions for: Waylay [v] wait in hiding to attack
Webster (1913) Definition: Way"lay` (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waylaid; p.
pr. & vb. n. Waylaying.] [Way + lay.]
To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way;
especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to
seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those
men that we have already waylaid. --Shak.
She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. --Sir
W. Scott.
Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper
See Also: wait
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