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Waylay

Waylay Meaning & Definition
Waylay Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Waylay?

[v] wait in hiding to attack

Synonyms | Synonyms for Waylay: ambuscade | ambush | bushwhack | lie in wait | lurk | scupper

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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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