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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORELAY

v.t. 1. To lay wait for; to entrap by ambush.
2. To contrive antecedently.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORELAY

FORELAY Fore *lay ", v. t.

 

1. To lay down beforehand. These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede.

 

2. To waylay. See Forlay. [Obs. ]