2 uses
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Definition
to stop someone (without their forewarning) to attack them or to talk
- He waylaid other boys as they came, and went on buying tickets of various colors ten or fifteen minutes longer.Chapter 4 (32% in)
- Waylay people—that's mostly the way."Chapter 33 (48% in)
There are no more uses of "waylay" in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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