Definition of Wailay
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
- To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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