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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