Verb (used with object), : The actor was waylaid by a swarm of admirers. From Dictionary.com.
"My father would have turned any waylayer into a toad," she said defiantly. From Wordnik.com. [Centaur Aisle]
Nay, but a woodman, an outlaw, a waylayer; so say our men, that he fell on them with the cry. From Wordnik.com. [Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair] Reference
Also, he clutched his pungent prize greedily, and, with a show of spirit, faced his grim waylayer. From Wordnik.com. [Options] Reference
Nay, but a woodman, an outlaw, a waylayer; so say our men, that he fell on them with the cry: A-Tofts!. From Wordnik.com. [Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair] Reference
Instead of defending her who should be dear to you as a child of this household, you joined the rascally scorners of morality and law as the accomplice of this waylayer in purple! ". From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
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