Waylay
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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 wehave already waylaid. Shak.She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. Sir W. Scott.
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To be struck forcibly about the head, neck and chest area by a person or object, and/or to be verbally accosted in a fearsome and demeaning manner. It is nearly impossible to be waylay'd and remain standing.
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To play a guitar very quickly and heavily
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Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way.
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to wait for and then stop someone, especially either to attack or talk to that person:
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