Way″lay′ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Waylaid (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Waylaying.] [Way + lay.] 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 we have already waylaid. Shak.
She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. Sir W. Scott.