All 3 Uses
waylay
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The Purloined Letter
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- He has been twice waylaid, as if by footpads, and his person rigorously searched under my own inspection.†
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- D—, I presume, is not altogether a fool, and, if not, must have anticipated these waylayings, as a matter of course.†
- He could not have failed to anticipate—and events have proved that he did not fail to anticipate—the waylayings to which he was subjected.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(waylay) to stop someone unexpectedly -- usually to attack or to talk
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)