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waylay |
2 definitions found 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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