Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To lie in wait for; ambush.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To lie in wait for; to ambush.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, obsolete To lay aside.
  • verb transitive To lie in wait for; ambush.

Etymologies

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From for- +‎ lay, on analogy with waylay.

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