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Webster 1913 Edition


Forlay

For-lay′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
for-
+
lay
.]
To lie in wait for; to ambush.
An ambushed thief
forlays
a traveler.
Dryden.

Definition 2024


forlay

forlay

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Verb

forlay (third-person singular simple present forlays, present participle forlaying, simple past and past participle forlaid)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To lay aside.
  2. (transitive) To lie in wait for; ambush.