FORAY

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser. The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. Tennyson.

2.
v.

To pillage; to ravage. He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott.

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