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Definition of Waylaying

Waylaying
Waylay 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.

Meaning of Waylaying from wikipedia

- Waylaying (sometimes called "laywaying") was a term used in the American Old West describing an armed attack whereby the attacker hid himself in ambush...
- of the yakṣa, which is a kind of (bhuta) that haunts the wilderness and waylays and devours travellers, similar to the rakṣasas. Yakshas appear in Hindu...
- the Maer charges Kvothe with hunting a group of bandits that have been waylaying taxmen in The Eld. He is accompanied by a crew of four other mercenaries...
- waged a guerrilla war to some success, destroying Spanish provisions and waylaying several scouts. Two Spanish ships with reinforcements, however, under...
- provinces established the United States of Belgium (January 1790). However, waylaying Joseph's intended concessions to the Belgians to restore the height of...
- Sauron, the One Ring is permanently destro**** as a result of Gollum's waylaying of Frodo at Mount Doom. Another example of eucatastrophe is the recurring...
- 22, 2017. Roeper, Richard (November 21, 2017). "Roman J. Israel, Esq.' waylays a winning Denzel Washington character". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved November...
- 18, 2019. Roeper, Richard (November 21, 2017). "'Roman J. Israel, Esq.' waylays a winning Denzel Washington character". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from...
- uncivilized. Members of the society would allegedly dress in leopard skins, waylaying travelers with sharp claw-like weapons in the form of leopards' claws...
- campaign in the 2002 Ensemble Studios game Age of Mythology as an enemy waylaying Odysseus and his allies in her trademark human-to-animal fashion. Circe...