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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waylay \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
waylay
v : wait in hiding to attack [syn: {ambush}, {scupper}, {bushwhack},
{lurk}, {ambuscade}, {lie in wait}]
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