About The Word Waylay
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Waylay
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What's The Definition Of Waylay?
[v] wait in hiding to attack
Synonyms | Synonyms for Waylay: ambuscade | ambush | bushwhack | lie in wait | lurk | scupper Related Terms | Find terms related to Waylay: See Also | wait Waylay In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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