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Webster 1913 Edition
Waylay
Way′layˊ
(?; 277)
, Verb.
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
. Shakespeare
She often contrived to
waylay
him in his walks. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Waylay
WAYLAY
,Verb.
T.